The Sappington-Concord Historical Society laid a wreath at Father Dickson Cemetery, Sunday, June 28, at 2:00 pm. Father Dickson Cemetery is the historical African-American cemetery just north of the Sappington House and south of Big Bend on Sappington Road. The wreath was laid in front of the obelisk honoring Father Dickson. It is to remember the…
Monday, July 27 at 7:00 pm, the public is invited to the monthly meeting of the Sunset Hills Historical Society on Monday, July 27 at 7:00 PM at the Sunset Hills City Hall. Terry McMillan is best known locally for his leadership of the Missouri Tiger ’68 and ’69 football teams during the push to…
How did they do that? A pictorial map of the whole city with every house, building and tree? From a hot air balloon? That’s crazy! Why? How? Sort out the answers to these and other questions about the 1875 Compton and Dry pictorial maps of St Louis by seeing the exhibit featuring the maps and…
The Lindbergh High School marching band, “Spirit of St Louis Marching Band,” has made it a custom to play for the SCHS annual Memorial Day ceremony. The band is led by director, David Wyss, and Bob Spiegelman before him. Of the Memorial Day ceremony, David Wyss says that the band, “is proud to…
The World War II Honor Roll monument at the center of the Memorial Day ceremony on the green at St Lucas is made of wood. It will be the third “generation” of the monument. The original monument dedicated in August of 1944 was made of wood. When it fell into disrepair it was eventually removed…
On the green at St. Lucas Please come to the ceremony on Monday to honor those who gave their all. The site of the SCHS Memorial Day ceremony is “on the green at St. Lucas.” The green is the large, open, grassy area, along Denny Road, east of the church. The Memorial Day ceremony has…
New Flag Raised at St Lucas to Welcome the Sappington-Concord Historical Society Annual Memorial Day Ceremony. The ceremony that is usually held in Memorial Park in front of the former Johnny’s Market, will be held on the green at St Lucas UCC this year. The St Lucas Men’s Fellowship, in a gesture of welcome to…
July 22, Wednesday, 7:00 pm “Colonial America Night for Kids,” or “Daddy, What is a Patriot?” with Mark Breckenridge. General Membership meeting at Lindbergh High Schoolin rooms, PD North and South in the administrative offices. See map at LHS meeting room directions PD NorthSouth Bring your kids and grandkids to bridge the generations. This will be SCHS’s…
May 7, 2015 Thursday, 2:30 pm SCHS at Friendship Village Sunset Hills “Oysters to Angus: Three Generations of the St. Louis Faust Family” by Elizabeth Terry About the author Elizabeth Terry is a historian and author in St. Louis, Missouri. She earned her BA in history from the University of Nebraska at Kearney and her…
“The Power of Place: The Forgotten, Nearly Forgotten, and Rescued Landscape of St. Louis” Presented by Andrew Wanko, Public Historian at Missouri History Museum. March 5, 2015, Thursday, 3:00 pm Winter day time presentation at Tesson Ferry Library “The Power of Place: The Forgotten, Nearly Forgotten, and Rescued Landscape of St. Louis” Presented by Andrew…
February 11, 2015, Wednesday. Note that this is two weeks after the general meeting instead of the usual one week. Meet-at-the-Site Tour to Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis ( The New Cathedral ). Meet at the Basilica at 10:00 am, or for car pool from St Lucas UCC meeting at 9:00 am, leaving at 9:15…
January 28, 2015, Wednesday, 7:00 pm General Membership meeting at Lindbergh High School in Anne Morrow Lindbergh Room “The Majesty of the Osage” by Jim Duncan, historian, educator, and past director of the Missouri State Museum. This presentation discusses the early migration of the Osage people and how the structure of their clan system reflects…
November 7, (Friday), 2014 2:00 pm SCHS Fall Daytime Presentation at Tesson Ferry Library “St. Louis Moment by Moment” – Katie Moon, Exhibition and Research Assistant from the Missouri History Museum, will talk about moments in St. Louis history. In this year of the 250th anniversary of the founding of St Louis, the Missouri History Museum…
