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Missouri’s First Centennial Observance Planned January 8 1918
The Executive Committee of Missouri’s Centennial Committee outlines a statewide observance in schools on January 8 1918 to honor Missouri’s statehood centennial. It recalls 1818 petitions, Battle of New Orleans ties, and figures like Macklot Mullally and Jefferson County munitions, with plans for pamphlets, flag drills, public addresses, and county celebrations across Missouri.
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Missouri
New Orleans
M Pemekson
Herculaneum
Jefferson County
Macklot
Bastile
Mississippi
Jackson
John Mullanphy
St. Louis
Mullaphy
Joseph Charless
Missouri Gazette
Andrew Jackson
Louis
Congress
Vlaans
Thomas Jefferson
Uel W. Lamkin
Lamkin
State Historical Society of Missouri
Missouri State Centennial Committee of
One Thousand
Walter B. Stevens
State Historical Society
St. Charles
Boonville
Lexington
Fayette
Liberty
Independence
St. Joseph
Hannibal
Louisiana
Ste. Genevieve
Potosi
Cape Girardeau
New Madrid
Springfield
W. Doniphan
George G. West
Richard P. Bland
Mark Twain
Eugene Field
James
J. C.graddy
J. O. Lesueur
Harry Taubman
Mary B.lockhart
J. B. Young
C. W. Wilcoxon
Clyde Wright