Soldier's Memorial Park - St. Louis, MO
N 38° 37.707 W 090° 12.026
15S E 743704 N 4279265
This Blue Star Highway marker is located on the north side of Soldier's Memorial Park in downtown St. Louis, Missouri.
Waymark Code: WMENDG
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 06/18/2012
Views: 35
The initiative to construct a memorial plaza and memorial building to honor the gallant sons and daughters of Missouri, and of our city, who "made the supreme sacrifice in the World War", began in 1923.
Between 14th St and Market St in Downtown St. Louis. Inside the park, there is the Soldiers Memorial Military Museum, which preservs a wide range of military artifacts in memory of fallen soldiers who served in the United States military. (
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This Blue Star Highway marker, situated in the Soldier's Memorial Park, reads:
Blue Star
Memorial
A tribute to the Armed Forces
that have defended the
United States of America
sponsored by
East Central District
Federated Garden Clubs of Missouri
in cooperation with
City of St. Louis
Soldiers Memorial
2011
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