How Else Can A Park Serve Its Community - History Underfoot - St. Louis, MO
Posted by: YoSam.
N 38° 38.729 W 090° 17.086
15S E 736304 N 4280934
Part of the History Underfoot series in Forest Park
Waymark Code: WMQ861
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 01/07/2016
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County of marker: St. Louis Independent City
Location of marker: IN the sidewalk Washington Circle, Forest Park, St. Louis
Marker erected: 1998
Marker erected by: Missouri History Museum
Marker text:
History Underfoot: 1911 - 1950s
HOW ELSE CAN
A PARK SERVE
IT'S COMMUNITY?
For over forty years, St. Louis police suspended the city's park curfew during summer heat waves. Many St. Louisans remember fondly the camaraderie of sleeping in Forest Park during those pre-air-conditioned days.