Events at US Grant National Historic Site 7400 Grant Rd, St. Louis 63123 Exhibit on African American Civil War Hero, Robert Smalls who was the first African American hero of the Civil War. Everyday to 10/30/2016 Free Summer History Program for Children At the Visitor Center Thursday, July 28, 2016 The park will offer a…
Thomas & Mary Ann Sappington’s Wedding Reception September 23, 2016 Friday 5-7 pm Fundraising cocktail party, recreating the 1808 bridal party of the Sappingtons, at The Barn restaurant, hors d’oeuvres, signature cocktails and live music from the Booneslick Strings. R.S.V.P. requested; call 314-822-8171. Proceeds support the ongoing preservation and maintenance of historic Sappington House. See…
Saturday, July 23, 2016, at the Missouri Civil War Museum at Jefferson Barracks http://mcwm.org/ Missouri Civil War Museum 222 Worth Road St. Louis, Missouri 63125 Phone : (314) 845-1861 RSVP to Wolk Greg <gregwolk@sbcglobal.net> South County Times article, July 22, 2016 on Symposium and commemoration at White Haven on the anniversary of Grant’s death. It…
COOL SOUNDS AND CHILLY TREATS UNDER THE STARS Ice Cream Social and Big Band Concert at Historic Sappington House St. Louis, MO; May 16, 2016: What a way to spend a summer evening in St. Louis! Sappington House, located at 1015 S. Sappington Road 63126, is sponsoring an outdoor big band concert and ice…
The dig at Sappington House was featured on the front page of the South County Times, June 10, 2016 issue. Focusing largely on the Lindbergh High School group of students and their teacher, Ashley Lock, the article shows the dig experience as educational for the students and a contribution to the history of the South…
Day four finds at the dig at Sappington House Unit one: Ceramic Limestone pieces of foundation Nails Brick Kids at the DIG-it-yourself activity area and Mystery Mural Work at dig at Sappington House unit one. Finds at unit one. Visitors to unit one “A Day in the Life of a Civil War Soldier” by David…
Day five finds at the dig at Sappington House Unit one: Pig bones and pig incisor, chisel Work at unit one
Day six of finds at dig at Sappington House Unit one: Pigs’ teeth Pig tusk Bone Ceramic Nails No photos at present
Day seven of the dig at Sappington House Unit one: Bones Teeth Bricks Ceramic Bullet shells (not shotgun) Foundation clearly found in place, not just pieces of limestone Identifying soil type and color at unit three Mapping site at unit three Work at unit one, including the surprise find of foundation The archaeological dig at…
The DIG-it-yourself archaeology tent is next to the Sappington house entrance garden. Do hands-on activities yourself, or guide your kids and grand kids through the activities. Dig up the artifacts like a real archaeologist. Clean them. Describe them. Try to explain them. All the while, you are doing what a like a real archaeologist does.…
Day three finds at the dig at Sappington House Unit one: Bones Glass, clear and green or olive Nails Floor tile Ceramic Unit two: Glass Brick Bill Iseminger, archaeologist at Cahokia Mounds, spoke about “Doing Archaeology and Prehistoric Cultures at the Confluence.” Seating in the Library of Americana is very comfortable. Kids and mothers enjoyed…
Picnic Saturday… …at the dig at Sappington House. Bring your family, friends, kids, grand kids, blanket, lawn chairs. Oh, and bring your food and snacks. You will want to stay all day… at the dig at Sappington House. See the excavations live and in progress! See the displays. Do the hands-on activities for all ages.…
Finds of day two, included at unit two, the guys group by the library in the paw paw patch, some more pieces of brick, a nail, some cinders, a piece of ceramic, a huge root that was hard to work around. Unit one, the girls next to the cottage included, some more pieces of brick,…
