Jul 17 2008
Winston Churchill’s
Winston Churchill’s statue
Winston Churchill’s statue is located at Winston Churchill’s square Zizkov district in front of the Prague Economic University. This statue is a replica of the statue of Sir Winston Churchill by Belsky from 1969 that stands in London’s Parliament Square and it was unveiled in Prague on 17 November 1989. Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill was a Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and from 1951 to 1955, British politician known chiefly for his leadership of the United Kingdom during World War II. Churchill was also an officer in the British Army, a noted statesman and orator, a historical writer, and an artist. In opening ceremony of his monument in Prague there were many the guests including former British Prime Minister Baroness Margaret Thatcher, Czech Chamber of Deputies Chairman Vaclav Klaus and Churchill’s grandson, Rupert Soames. Statue of Churchill reminds that the price of freedom can be high, that it may indeed require the sacrifice of “blood, toil, tears and sweat” and that liberty must never be allowed to perish from the earth, it must forever endure.