Boyhood Home of John J. Pershing - Laclede, MO, USA
Posted by: YoSam.
N 39° 47.200 W 093° 10.161
15S E 485499 N 4404093
The home is a few blocks away (corner of Worlow St. & Pershing Dr.) from this city square where the DAR marker rests.
Waymark Code: WM195TD
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 12/02/2023
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County of Marker: Linn County
Location of Marker: Vernon St. & Pershing Dr., city park, next to State Historic marker, Laclede
Marker Erected by: Hannah Hull Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution
Date Marker Erected: September 13, 1923
State marker next to the N.S.D.A.R boulder:
LACLEDE
Birthplace and boyhood home of General John J. Pershing, Commander-In-Chief of the American Expedition Forces in the World War." ~ The State Historical Society of Missouri, 1931
"Explore a piece of America’s military history at Gen. John J. Pershing Boyhood Home State Historic Site and learn about the experiences that molded a Laclede country boy into one of the nation’s legendary generals. Pershing and his family moved into the nine-room Gothic-style house in Laclede when he was six. Prairie Mound School, where Pershing taught prior to his admission to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, is also on the site and includes a unique exhibit that allows visitors to pass through many of the same doorways Pershing passed through on his journeys from Missouri to Mexico and France." ~ Missouri Department of Natural Resources