Explore St Louis article on Soldiers memorial November 3 The grand reopening will begin with a 9 am concert honoring veterans, followed by a formal ceremony at 10 am. Brigadier General Jeannie M. Leavitt, a St. Louis native and the US Air Force’s first female fighter pilot, will give the keynote address. Discover the new…
“The Sappington-Dressel Home: A Heritage Preserved” October 13, 2018 – 9:00 a.m. till 3:00 p.m. Tour/discussion – free to the public Due to the great interest in this program, we are offering it again on a Saturday to accommodate our visitors. The home was constructed sometime between 1804 and 1810 on what is now Gravois…
The Sunset Hills Historical Society’s September 2018 event will be the German Fest, a celebration of the area’s German founding fathers, on Sunday, September 23, 2018. The music of the Joe Polach & the St. Louis Express Band will provide entertainment from 5:00 til 7:00 p.m. on the lawn in front of the on the…
The July meeting of the Sunset Hills Historical Society will feature local Sunset Hills resident and Route 66 aficionado Phil Denton on Monday, July 23, 2018 at 7 PM at the Sunset Hills City Hall. Denton has presented his Route 66 information to the Sunset Hills Historical Society before, but this updated presentation is entitled…
The June meeting of the Sunset Hills Historical Society (SHHS) will feature award-winning Missouri author Ross Malone on Monday, June 25, 2018, at 7 PM at the Sunset Hills City Hall, 3939 South Lindbergh Blvd. Malone has taught in Missouri for over thirty years, and since retiring has worked as a radio host, published more…
The Sunset Hills Historical Society (SHHS) meeting on Monday evening, May 21, 2018, will be a program that will feature the archaeology of the Sappington/Sunset Hills area. Anthropologist Rachel Murphy Azzara has a degree in anthropology from Southern Illinois University – Edwardsville, and has worked in the field for the Illinois Department of Transportation. She…
Sappington House Craft Fair 2018 April 28-29, 2018, 9:00-3:00 List of vendors and services Creative Vendors: 1 Leaf Recreations 2 LH Enterprises & AOSM Creations 3 Hamlin Mosaics 4 Happy Fun Books 5 Caricatures to Go 6 Schaefer Ceramics 7 Papillon Perennials 8 Cathy’s Creative Glassworks 9 Cats in the Attic 10 Window to my World 11…
Students: application for the dig is still open Students interested in applying should contact SCHS President, Stephen Hanpeter at 314-918-1617, or schs.webmanager@gmail.com, or Sappington House Resident Manager Sally Cakouros at 314-822-8171. Make inquiries and apply by Tuesday, May 8. The student experience The high school student archaeological dig at Sappington House is an experience of…
Earth Day Festival at Sunset Hills Saturday, April 14th – 9:30am-1:00pm Sunset Hills Community Center 3915 S. Lindbergh The Sunset Hills Earth Day Event is Saturday, April 14. Stop by for a Meet and Greet with fellow members of the Historical Society. Copies of the Sunset Hills history book will be available free to current…
Monday, March 26, 2018 The Sunset Hills Historical Society (SHHS) will offer a heritage program that will feature Tim Wahlig, whose family belongs to a select group of founding fathers. The meeting is open to the public on Monday, March 26, 2018 at 7 PM at the Sunset Hills City Hall. “What an honor to…
Monday, February 26 at 7 PM Sunset Hills City Hall, 3939 Lindbergh Boulevard The Sunset Hills Historical Society invites the public to a program that will feature Larry Franke from St. Louis County Library’s Department of History and Genealogy. As a Reference Librarian at the Headquarters of the St. Louis County Library, Franke has become…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Sunset Hills & Sappington Concord Historical Societies Together Present an Evening with Dan O’Neill, Sports Writer and Author of When the Blues Go Marching In Sunset Hills, MO – December 1, 2017— In a first-time partnership of the Sunset Hills Historical Society (SHHS) and the Sappington Concord Historical Society (SCHS), the public…
January 31 – Presentation by Dan O’Neill about 50 years of St. Louis Blues history February 26 – Larry Franke from St. Louis County Library about genealogy research March 26 – Tim Wahlig about Wahlig Dairy April 14 – Earth Day Festival at Sunset Hills May 21 – Rachel Azzara about Sappington House Dig and…
