January 31, 2018, Wednesday at 7:00 pm presentation and book signing at the… …Sunset Hills Community Center, “When the Blues Go Marching In: An Illustrated Timeline of St. Louis Blues Hockey” by Dan O’Neill, long-time sports columnist and feature writer at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Sunset Hills Community Center located behind the Sunset Hills City Hall…
The Lindbergh Schools have built new administrative offices. They are at the intersection of Gravois Road and Sappington Road in south St. Louis County. There will be an open house at the offices on Saturday, February 10, 10:00 am to 12:00 noon. SCHS members and the public are invited to attend. Get a tour…
Veterans honored with luminaries at 2017 Honor Glow at Sappington House. The Honor Glow is a family Christmas event and patriotic ceremony to honor veterans. It also is a fundraiser for USACares, a non-profit that helps veteran and their families in crisis. William Lowry – US Army Reserves Randall Ottinger…
The student presentations: Sunday, November 12, 2:00 pm. Students share their experiences and finds. Artifacts from dig will be on exhibit as well as other displays related to the dig. Light refreshments. Held at Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site, 7400 Grant Road, St. Louis, MO 63123. For more information or questions, call Stephen Hanpeter …
International Archaeology Day at Sappington House Saturday, October 21, 10 am – 2 pm Free! Schedule of attractions On the grounds, 11:15 – 12 noon, Lindbergh middle school Fiddlers in colonial costume In the library 10:30 am, Perry Whitaker, Mississippi River Paddler, tells his experiences of finding Native-American artifacts as he canoes the waterways 12:00…
Yesterday ~ an Elegant Frontier Home The story begins with John Sappington who served in the American Revolutionary War as General George Washington’s bodyguard at Valley Forge in 1778. While on furlough in Maryland, he married Jemima Fowler soon moving to what is now West Virginia. Later in Kentucky, Daniel Boone encouraged John to go…
Finding Immigrant Ancestors August 21 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Grant’s View Branch Register Explore naturalization and Immigration records in the Ancestry Library Edition and Find My Past databases and discover the numerous print and online resources available for immigrant research. To take this class, you should already know how to use a computer and…
Solar Eclipse Watch Party Monday, August 21 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Grant’s View Branch The solar eclipse will be visible in the St. Louis area. Don’t miss this opportunity to view it safely. Eclipse glasses will be provided while supplies last. An historic event! Wednesday, September 27, 7:00 p.m. “100 Things to Do in…
Events – US Grant Historic Site Call 314-842-1867 ext. 230 to make required reservations. Throw-Back Thursday: History Programs for Children Every Thursday Weekly from 06/01/2017 to 08/03/2017 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site will offer free hands-on history programs for children and their families on Thursday mornings in the summer.…
Smithsonian Museum Day Live! September 23, 2017, Saturday 10 am-2 pm. Go to Smithsonian magazine website for free tickets to visit Sappington House. Day Trip to One-Room School Houses September 29, 2017, Friday Bus transportation and lunch. 9 am to 4:30 pm International Archaeology Day October 21, 2017, Saturday 10 am-2 pm. See artifacts…
Country Craft Festival. At Historic Sappington House Park. Thomas Sappington House park is an escape from urban concrete to a refreshing green retreat. Sappington House, located at 1015 S. Sappington Road 63126, is sponsoring an outdoor Summertime Country Craft Festival including talented vendors as well as folkways artisans on Saturday and Sunday, July 22, and…
ICE CREAM SOCIAL and OUTDOOR CONCERT by Gateway City Big Band http://www.gatewaycitybigband.com/ What a way to spend a summer evening! At Sappington House, in the park. Romance the summer. Dappled shade. Cool, sweet grass. Ronnie’s Rocky Mountain ice cream on your chin. Cash bar. Cool sounds of the Gateway City Big Band, a 17-piece band…
The May 22 meeting of the Sunset Hills Historical Society will feature a presentation focused on the Civil War and the Battle of Vicksburg by Park Ranger Shawn Williams. “May 22nd was actually the day that Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant made an attack against the Confederate lines at Vicksburg that convinced him to resort…
