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The Sunset Hills Historical Society will present a program by the World Bird Sanctuary at its monthly meeting on Monday, February 22, at 7 PM. Jeff Meshach, Director of the World Bird Sanctuary of St. Louis, one of the largest in the country, will discuss preservation of our national symbol, the bald eagle. “The bald…
Friday, May 6, 2016, 2:00 pm SCHS winter daytime presentation At the new Grant’s View library Presentation “St. Louis Freedom Struggle 1921-1968, Part II” by Gwen Moore, curator at the Missouri History Museum. St. Louis played a leading role in the battle for fair and equitable treatment, a role that is generally under-appreciated. Part one of the presentation…
SCHS Member in Action – Nancy Nowotny SCHS member, Nancy Nowotny, was at the Meet-at-the-Site Tour to the Kemper Art Museum on February 3, 2016. After the tour of the exhibit of Churchill paintings, she had a few words to share (see below) about her experience with this tour and previous SCHS Meet-at-the-Site Tours. See more about SCHS Meet-at-the-Site Tours. Report on…
The Winter 2016 SCHS Meet-at-the-Site Tour is going to the Kemper Art Museum at Washington University to see the exhibit of Winston Churchill paintings Wednesday, February 3, 2016, at 11:00 am. Date and time: Wednesday, February 3, 2016 Meeting time if you drive yourself to the museum is 11:00 am. We will meet at the door of…
With the recent death of Robert Frei of Emil Frei & Associates, Inc., the following collection of links may be of interest to those who appreciate art and architecture in St Louis, and especially stained glass. A short history of the Emil Frei Art Glass Company An overview by builtstlouis.net of Emil Frei Art Glass works in St Louis A…
Grant’s View library grand opening recognition card, Feb 2016 Send your message, with graphics and photos to Stephen Hanpeter, at schs.webmanager@gmail.com 314-918-1617. Your message, photos and graphics will be formatted to the final presentation on the card of congratulations. The file size for photos and graphics can be any size and any format, but jpg…
Above; Harriet Tubman leading slaves to Freedom. Photo from PhotoBucket.com Steve Edison, of the Abolition News Network, spoke on Thursday, January 21, 2016 at Friendship Village Sunset Hills. The Abolition News Network, ANN, is modeled on CNN, the cable news network. ANN does news interviews of historic figures related to the abolition movement in the…
Sunset Hills Historical Society is a sister society to Sappington-Concord Historical Society. You may easily confuse the two long both of which start with an “S,” and both are within the area of the Lindbergh Schools area. All Sunset Hills Historical Society (sister society to Sappington-Concord Historical Society) meetings start at 7:00 pm, on the…
Patricia Treacy will present on “The Grand Hotels of St Louis,” which is also the title of her book with Arcadia Publishing, at Sappington-Concord Historical Society on January 27, 2016, Wednesday, at 7:00 pm at Lindbergh High School in the Anne Morrow Lindbergh Room. See more about the evening on the SCHS Events 2016 web page. Get directions…
“Letter from a Birmingham Jail” by Martin Luther King, Jr. is from web site https://www.africa.upenn.edu/Articles_Gen/Letter_Birmingham.html To see the context of the quote, “We must use time creatively, in the knowledge that the time is always ripe to do right,” see below the paragraph highlighted in blue. “Letter from a Birmingham Jail [King, Jr.]” 16 April…
Sappington-Concord Memorial Park to get new neighbor! As of today, January 13, 2016, Sappington-Concord Memorial Park will have a new neighbor! And the new neighbor, the Lindbergh Schools, is a long time friend. Former Lindbergh Schools Superintendent Dr Jim Sandfort was instrumental in the 1992 founding of the Sappington-Concord Historical Society, SCHS. The SCHS has been with…
A Terrific Trio! On Monday evening, January 25, the Sunset Hills Historical Society’s meeting will feature an informal conversation about life in St. Louis. The guest speakers will include Wanda Winter, Ginny Schmitz and Joyce Franklin, all of whom had arrived in our community before Sunset Hills was a city. Virginia Schmitz grew up in…
