The Churchill Museum and Cabinet War Rooms commemorates its seventieth anniversary this year from when it became operational in August 1939, the week before war was declared, and 25 years from April 1984 when it was designated as a historic site and opened to the public.

A series of events, activities, screenings and lectures will take place throughout the year with an exhibition: Undercover: Life in Churchill's Bunker, opening to the public on 27 August.

The exhibition will focus on the personal accounts of the men and women who worked at the Cabinet War Rooms during the tumultuous events of the Second World War, Images, artefacts and the first-hand oral accounts of those who worked in the Cabinet War Rooms bring the working conditions in Churchill's secret underground headquarters vividly to life.

Churchill Museum and Cabinet War Rooms commemorates its seventieth anniversary this year from when it became operational in August 1939, the week before war was declared. An exhibition opens to the public on 27 August entitled Undercover - Life in Churchill's Bunker and will examine living and working in the Cabinet War Rooms during the Second World War.

The exhibition will focus on the personal accounts of the men and women who worked at the Cabinet War Rooms during the tumultuous events of the Second World War. Images, artefacts and the first-hand oral accounts of those who worked in the Cabinet War Rooms bring the working conditions in Churchill's secret underground headquarters vividly to life.

In November 1939 two SIS officers were kidnapped by Nazi intelligence officers on the Dutch/German border. It was the dramatic denouement of a complex series of negotiations aimed at overthrowing Adolf Hitler during the 'Phoney War'. Seventy years after the event, this lecture will provide new insights into the political and intelligence aspects of this remarkable story. Mark Seaman is an historian at the Cabinet Office who has written extensively on intelligence and special operations during the Second World War.

The Churchill Lecture Series, which runs from September 2009 until April 2010, is presented by some of the world's leading authorities on Churchill. They take place within the remarkable and historic setting of the Churchill Museum and Cabinet War Rooms. Sponsored by Military History.

One of the world's most respected and admired business executives, Bill Marriott's career spans more than fifty years. A deeply committed Churchillian, he built Marriott International from a Washington-based family restaurant business founded by his father to a global lodging company with more than 3200 proprieties in sixty-seven countries and territories. He also maintains a fine Churchill library and is able to discuss the Great Man with erudition and humor.

We hope you can join the Churchill Centre chairman, Laurence Geller, his event co-chairmen, Jonathan Tisch and Senator Gordon Smith, and special guests Senator Susan Collins and Governor Mitt Romney, in honoring Bill Marriott--a remarkable leader and devoted Churchillian.

The event benefits The Churchill Centre, a non-profit educational organization dedicated to keeping the words and achievements of Sir Winston Churchill vivid and accurate and highlighting Churchill's continuing relevance in a changing and volatile world.

Please respond to Cynthia Faulkner at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or 207-233-1040.

Click here for the event invitation and here for the response card.

Saturday November 14, 2009 - 6:00 PM

Location: Decatur, GA

We are quite honored to have as our guest speaker Carlo D'Este author of "Warlord: A Life of Winston Churchill at War"

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Carlo D'Este is a renowned military historian and biographer having written in addition to "Warlord" numerous other books including "Patton: Genius for War" and "Decision in Normandy: The Untold Story of Montgomery and the Allied Campaign".

He is a graduate of Norwich University, famed for its military history department. He served in the US Army and attained the rank of lieutenant colonel. His discussion of Winston Churchill in his numerous wartime roles and how they relate to the conflicts of today is sure to make for an evening to remember. Click link above for more details.

Cost: $80 per person

payable by cheque in advance

Please join us at our Meeting and Evening on Wednesday, November 18th, 2009 at the Vancouver Club, UBC Room, 915 West Hastings, Vancouver, BC. Dress is business attire. After our brief AGM, guest speaker, Professor James W. Muller, will make a presentation entitled "Churchill's Thoughts as Adventures".

A renowned Churchillian lecturer, Professor Muller, will examine Churchill's adventurous life through the prism of his engaging interwar essays in Thoughts and Adventures (originally published in 1932, during his "wilderness years"), of which he has just finished the definitive new edition.