Memorials

The site of the Big Mound Monument, center bottom, is pictured on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023, next to Interstate 70 and the Stan Musial Veterans Memorial Bridge in north downtown St. Louis.

Culture & History

St. Louis was once Mound City. Its Native American residents still feel erased

Britny Cordera

Left beneath bridges and inside parking garages, Native American memorials in St. Louis draw advocates' ire.

Jazz vocalist Denise Thimes was among those who contributed musical talents to last Saturday’s Requiem of Light event.

Coronavirus

Hundreds gather to honor St. Louisans lost to COVID during pandemic's first 19 months

Evie Hemphill

A large crowd and energetic choir came together at the Sheldon Concert Hall on Saturday night to honor the thousands of St. Louisans lost to COVID-19. Reflections and musical highlights from the Requiem of Light memorial fill this episode of “St. Louis on the Air.”

For Andrew Habsieger's mother, an area in Festus is simply Andy's Park.

Arts

With grassroots tributes, Americans remember U.S. military killed in Iraq and Afghanistan

Mary Delach Leonard

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, May 27, 2013. - Every day is Memorial Day at the little park in Festus named for Army Pfc. Andrew J.…

Arts

Beacon Back Stories: Memorials to local fallen heroes

Mary Delach Leonard

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, May 10, 2013 - You might have passed by the new highway sign on Interstate 270 at Ladue Road in honor…