First issue of Stars and Stripes - Broomfield MO
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First issue of Stars and Stripes, the original military news paper - Broomfield MO
Waymark Code: WMGQW8
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 04/02/2013
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The First issue of Stars and Stripes, the original military news paper. was printed Broomfield MO in 1861 and the paper is still in print today. They have an original copy of the first issue in a glass case that someone had found in an atic.
"When the idea of a museum of national stature was proposed to be located in Bloomfield, Missouri, many asked, "why Bloomfield?" Others suggested that such an important tribute to history should be located in our nation's capitol, or perhaps in New York City. Certainly such an institution should not be located in a small, rural place such as Bloomfield. However, Bloomfield is the perfect place since it is the true and actual birthplace of the original military newspaper, The Stars and Stripes. The original newspaper was printed in Bloomfield, Missouri on November 9, 1861. In addition, Bloomfield, Missouri is geographically centered between St. Louis, and Memphis, Tennessee; this makes it ideally and conveniently located to visitors from both major cities (virtually just minutes off of I-55/57). " (
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