Today in History: May 10, golden spike completes transcontinental railway

Winston Churchill, wearing a British army uniform of the rank of colonel and carrying a stick, inspects Spahi troops in the Court of Honor in the Invalides before receiving the Medaille Militaire in Paris on May 10, 1947. (AP Photo/Michael Nash)
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