Fulton, city (2020 pop. 12,490), seat
of Callaway co., central Mo., in an agricultural and farm area; inc. 1859.
It has printing plants and factories that make food products, textiles, and
industrial equipment. Firebricks from nearby clay beds are also produced.
During the Civil War the county seceded from the United States and by treaty
with the state militia formed the “Kingdom of Callaway.” On
Mar. 5, 1946, Winston Churchill
delivered his famous “iron curtain” speech at Westminster
College there. The college was also the site of a 1992 speech by former
Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev on the lifting of the “iron
curtain,” and a 1996 speech by former British prime minister Margaret
Thatcher commemorating the 50th anniversary of Churchill's speech. The
college houses the Winston Churchill Memorial and Library, including a
reconstruction of a Christopher Wren church destroyed in the bombing of
London. William Woods College and a state school for the deaf are also
there.
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