by Sherry Sissac | Feb 18, 2014
After nearly two centuries, the 1804 Corps of Discovery Commanders are back in the City of Saint Charles. In 1993 a group of area citizens decided that Missouri needed a larger-than-life monument to serve as a tribute to the Lewis and Clark expedition, and work began...
by Sherry Sissac | Feb 18, 2014
The first monument to be erected in St. Louis County depicts a bronze figure of Dr. Edmund Babler, a well known Missouri physician and surgeon for whom Babler State park was named. Jacob and Henry Babler, the doctor’s brothers, donated the land for the park and...
by Sherry Sissac | Feb 18, 2014
By the mid-1800s, with monumental public art becoming fashionable, the Missouri State Legislature passed a bill to provide $2,500 to commemorate Thomas Hart Benton, one of the State’s best known politicians. The task of determining the type of monument for this...
by Sherry Sissac | Feb 18, 2014
The Italian Immigrants was commissioned for a prominent corner in the Italian neighborhood known as The Hill and represents a young immigrant family dressed in turn-of-the-century attire. The sculpture, which honors Italian settlers in the area, depicts a mother with...
by Sherry Sissac | Feb 18, 2014
Dimensions: 10′ Material: Bronze Owner: St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
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