Missouri's oldest town Ste Genevieve marked 250th year
Regional note from Ste Genevieve Missouri notes residents claim the town was founded 250 years ago though proof is unavailable. The celebration theme centers on 18th century life with mass parade, German Catholic heritage, and a late June rendezvous expected to draw about 25 000 visitors.
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St. Louis
United States
Ste. Genevieve
Saline Creek
McNary Uses Quickie Turn to Win Riverboat Race
St Louis County Executive Gene McNary admitted emulating Mayor Vincent Schoemehl’s bold strategy in the Memorial Day Riverboat Race. Leading the SS McNary Huck Finn at midcourse, he executed a quickie turn to pull ahead of the SS Schoemehl Tom Sawyer as the 1985 summer tourist season opened at the Eads Bridge.
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Illinois Vietnam Memorial design wins statewide vote
Lager, a Breese monument designer, won with a five-wall 75 foot memorial concept featuring an eternal flame for 2800 fallen service members and 100 unaccounted for in Vietnam. Illinois Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund aims to erect the monument by 1986 at Springfield sites near downtown or Oak Ridge Cemetery pending fundraising. A May softball benefit raised 350 for the effort as public reaction leaned toward a national memorial tone for the state project.
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