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Gateway to Freedom: Commemorating the Civil War in St. Louis
We are six generations removed from the bloodiest conflict in U.S. history and it’s easy to forget, in the wake of more recent wars and philosophical conflicts, how close we came as a nation to permanent division. The costs in … Continue reading
Posted in American Civil War, Art & Architecture, Civil War, Happenings, History, St. Louis, St. Louis Walking Tours
Tagged Bloody Bill Anderson, Chestnut Street Women's Prison, Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley, Gateway to Freedom Year of the Soldier in the Civil War, Soldiers Memorial in St. Louis, St. Louis in the Civil War, The Campbell House Museum
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Haunting St. Louis I
As autumn wends its way thru October, chill winds from the west and north turn the leaves to gold and flame. The old year, approaching the eleventh of its twelve calendrical months, is dying; going out in a last blaze … Continue reading
Posted in Happenings, Hauntings, History, Irish, St. Louis
Tagged #13 Hortense Place, Angel Without Wings, Arsenal Hill, Bellefontaine Cemetery, Benton Park, Cafe Louie, Celtic Festival of the Dead, Cherokee Cave, De Menil Place, Halloween, Hauntings, Herman Luyties, Indian Cave, Isaiah Sellers, Laclede's Landing, Leo Lentelli, November's Eve, Sam Clemen's Premonition in St. Louis, Samhain, St. Louis, St. Louis University, The Campbell House Museum, The Exorcism of 1949, The Lemp Mansion, The Morgan Street Brewery, The Old Post Office St. Louis, The Roberts' Orpheum Theater, The Staircase at Fort Belle Fontaine
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Day Tripping on the Downtown Trolley
On June 28th, 2010 Metro St. Louis launched a Downtown Circulator decked out to resemble a trolley that’s turned out to be the best thing since sliced bread for tourists and home-towners alike. It’s not only cute and convenient (they … Continue reading
Ulysses Grant in St. Louis
St. Louis children grow up with a special fondness for Ulysses S. Grant. Long before they learn that historians credit him with saving the Union in the War Between the States, or the first healing of the South at the … Continue reading →