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Throughout most of human history, lunar and solar eclipses were considered to be bad omens, and the fates of many have been determined by the celestial phenomenon.
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“The whole purpose of racism from the beginning was to divide poor black and poor whites (so they could not) unite and create inclusive prosperity,” said former NAACP President Benjamin Jealous.
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The Admiral, floating McDonald’s, Goody Goody Diner and Casa Gallardo are among the 415 places featured in the new edition of “Lost Treasures of St. Louis.”
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There's a wave of state and city flag redesigns sweeping the country. New designs could be recommended to the Illinois General Assembly by December 2024.
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“Almost every social movement of the 20th century has a bathroom story to it,” says historian Bryant Simon.
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The newly formed Chinese American Collecting Initiative highlights the long- lost stories of Chinese American immigrants living in St. Louis from the mid-19th century onward.
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Missouri is home to more black walnut trees than any other place in the world. Its wild nature and distinct flavor means the black walnut often gets passed over for more popular European varieties — the kinds you normally see in grocery stores and restaurants. But these Missourians are making sure that the state’s native nut, and its importance to the culture of this region, gets its day in the sun.
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The 143-year-old document is written in a combination of German and English and contains a label design that is close to what’s on bottles and cans today.
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The St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum, long a department of the Jewish Federation of St. Louis, will become an independent entity as it widens its mission and recruits partners from outside the Jewish faith.
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"Tea on the Terrace” examines how hotel shop talk among 19th- and 20th-century archaeologists affected our understanding of ancient Egypt.