This is Angela Odell and you are listening to Real Cool History for Kids, a podcast show featuring history told from a distinctly biblical worldview perspective. Welcome to an adventure.

Welcome to episode 161 of real cool history for kids. This episode is for Pearl and Eleanor Springer,

who wanted me to tell the story of Winston Churchill. Hey, girls, this one's for you.

You guys, I'm so excited to tell you all this story because Winston Churchill is one of my

most favorite people in history. I know, I know, I know. I always say that, right? But it's true.

His leadership and bravery during World War II, well, it just stood like a cinderblock wall in the way of Hitler's rampage through Europe. But wait a minute, I'm getting ahead of myself. Let's start at the beginning of his story, way back in 1874, because that's when he was born.

Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill was born on November 30th, 1874, in beautiful Blenham Palace

in England. His dad, Lord Randolph Churchill, was a politician, and his mom, Jenny Jerome, was a bold and brilliant American from New York City.

Jenny had married Randolph as part of a common trend of the time.

Wealthy American women were sometimes called dollar princesses because their families money helped support

Britain's old noble families who had titles and land but often not enough money to keep them up.

For the Americans side, this marriage also offered something valuable, prestige.

In the United States, wealthy new money families were often looked

down on by the older, more established, old money families. But marrying into an ancient

British family gave these American heiresses and their families a proud connection to history

and honor. And often often respectable titles like lady or

countess came along with the deal. Jenny's charm and energy brought not only wealth, but excitement

and sparkle into the Churchill family. As a kid, Winston was bursting with imagination. He loved climbing trees and exploring the fields

and making up all kinds of grand adventures. School wasn't his favorite place, though. He had

messy handwriting, and he had a hard time paying attention because he'd rather daydream or read

about battles and heroes than

memorize and recite lists of facts. Winston was also pretty stubborn and a little outspoken. He

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