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  "It is in the years of peace that wars are prevented": Rare photograph of Winston Churchill delivering a speech before the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia on March 8, 1946; signed by Winston Churchill and Dwight D. Eisenhower

  CHURCHILL, Winston S.; Dwight D. Eisenhower; William M. Tuck; Lewis Preston Collins II; Henry Maitland Wilson.

  Winston Churchill and Dwight D. Eisenhower Allied Leaders Signed Photograph.

  Colonial Studios, 1946.

  Black and white photograph of Winston Churchill delivering a speech before the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia on March 8, 1946, with General Dwight D. Eisenhower seated to his left. Signed in the lower margin of the photograph, "Winston S. Churchill" and "Dwight D. Eisenhower." Additionally signed by Virginia Governor William M. Tuck, Lieutenant Governor of Virginia Lewis Preston Collins II, and Field Marshal Henry Maitland Wilson. Three days after his famous 'Sinews of Peace (Iron Curtain)' speech at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, on March 5, 1946, Churchill traveled to the Virginia State Capitol in Richmond, Virginia, where he gave an address to the joint houses of the Virginia General Assembly. Flanked by General Eisenhower and Field Marshal Wilson, Churchill built upon his Iron Curtain message, emphasizing the importance of post-war unity by drawing historical parallels with past conflicts such as the Revolutionary and Civil Wars. A resounding applause followed the conclusion of his speech: "It is in the years of peace that wars are prevented and that those foundations are laid upon which the noble structures of the future can be built. But peace will not be preserved without the virtues that make victory possible in war. Peace will not be pre...

  Price: $38,000.00     Item Number: 149606

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