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- This 14-foot bronze statue was unveiled in June 2022 just to the east of the St. Louis Civil Courts building downtown. The statue honors hundreds of enslaved Missourians who filed a series of legal challenges, mostly before the Civil War, seeking freedom under the “once free always free” laws.
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- Apotheosis of St. Louis, St. Louis
- Pony Express Monument, St. Joseph
- James Ivers, Cape Girardeau
- Ceres, Jefferson City
- Hannah Cole, Boonville
- Joseph O. Shelby, Waverly
- George Washington Carver, Diamond
- Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, Hannibal
The statue of King Louis IX of France just outside the St. Louis Art Museum is an image immediately brought to mind by the mention of Forest Park. In fact, until the Gateway Arch was built, this statue was considered the symbol of the city. Depicting the man the city of St. Louis was named for, the statue was first erected for the 1904 World’s Fair...
The only statue on our list that doesn’t represent a specific figure, the Pony Express Monument in St. Joseph was dedicated on April 20, 1940, to commemorate the eightieth anniversary of the Pony Express. Although it only operated for about a year and a half, the Pony Express delivered more than 35,000 letters between St. Joseph and San Francisco, ...
Ivers Square outside of the Common Pleas Courthouse in Cape Girardeau gained a statue of its namesake in the summer of 2019. James Ivers was a former slave who enlisted to fight for the Union inside the courthouse just a stone’s throw from where his statue now stands. He passed away in 1863 due to an illness. The statue of Ivers not only acknowledg...
Ceres was first installed atop the Capitol building on October 29, 1924. The 1,500 pound statue was created by famed sculptor Sherry Edmundson Fry. Ceres comes from Roman mythology; she was the goddess of agriculture and motherly love in the Roman pantheon. On the Capitol building, Ceres represents the state’s agriculture industry. After a long tim...
At the turn of the nineteenth century a handful of settlers of European descent were relocating to what is now Boonville. Hannah Cole was among them. After her husband was killed, Hannah and her nine children remained in the area, which would have been considered the frontier’s edge at the time. Eventually a fort was built up around the site of her...
A statue of Joseph O. Shelby was erected in the small town of Waverly in June 2009. Shelby was arguably the most distinguished and successful officer of Sterling Price’s Missouri Guard, the Southern force that was active throughout the Show-Me State and Arkansas during the Civil War. Shelby was born into a wealthy family in Lexington, Kentucky, and...
Although many people recognize the name George Washington Carver, his birthplace near Diamond might be considered a hidden gem. George was born into slavery on an unknown date. Moses Carver had been the man who kept George as a slave, but after the Thirteenth Amendment made slavery illegal, he and his wife raised George as a son. George was not all...
A pair of famous Mark Twain protagonists are depicted by this statue in Hannibal, appearing to set out together on another adventure. The statue was erected in 1926 and sits at the foot of Cardiff Hill. Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn were from the fictional town of St. Petersburg, Missouri, which Mark Twain based on his experiences growing up in H...
The statue of St. Louis is an important symbol of modern Christianity, the religious Crusades of the medieval church, and the strength, spirit and liveliness of the city. This made us question how King Louis IX of France became an important figure and landmark in the city of St. Louis. History of King Louis IX.
Feb 19, 2023 · Valerie Schremp Hahn. Feb 19, 2023. The Black changemakers honored by the many sculptures and landmarks around St. Louis aren’t necessarily all famous: There’s a Martin Luther King Jr. statue...
Apotheosis of St. Louis One of the great symbols of St. Louis is the Apotheosis of St. Louis, an ornate bronze statue depicting King Louis IX of France, lying at the top of Art Hill in Forest Park. The statue was created by sculptor Charles Henry Niehaus and it was donated to Forest Park by the Louisiana Purchase Expedition Company in October 1906.
The Saint Louis Art Museum (SLAM) is one of the principal U.S. art museums, with paintings, sculptures, cultural objects, and ancient masterpieces from all corners of the world. Its three-story building stands in Forest Park in St. Louis, Missouri, where it is visited by up to a half million people every year. Admission is free through a ...
A Romanesque pilgrimage church: Saint-Foy, Conques. Located in Conques, the Church of Saint-Foy (Saint Faith) is an important pilgrimage church on the route to Santiago de Compostela in Northern Spain. It is also an abbey, meaning that the church was part of a monastery where monks lived, prayed and worked.
