The flag symbolizes the confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers. Where they meet is St. Louis, symbolized by a fleur-de-lis signifying the city's French heritage. The flag's colors recall those of Spain (red and yellow or gold), Bourbon France (white and gold), Napoleonic and Republican ...
Louis IX (1214 - 1270) was King of France from 1226 until his death. The model of a Christian Prince, he is the only canonised king of France. He died during his second crusade into the Holy Lands, and his bones had to be transported back to France from Tunis.
Properly known as the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, it celebrated the centennial of the 1803 Louisiana Purchase. Held on the present-day grounds of Forest Park and Washington University. 62 foreign nations and 43 of the US's 45 states staged exhibits. The most widely spread legacy of the fair ...
A popular song from 1904 celebrating the St. Louis World's Fair. The words were by Andrew B. Sterling; the music, by Kerry Mills. The song and the fair were focal points of the Judy Garland movie, Meet Me in St. Louis. Garland recorded the song in 1944.
A breaded deep-fried ravioli served as an appetizer. The tastey treat was accidentally created in Saint Louis on the Hill. Which restaurant and chef can claim the honor is still debated, but its popularity is not. One can find it listed on nearly every Italian-American restaurant menu in Saint ...
The original shop on Natural Bridge Avenue operated from 1930 to 1958. The Chippewa Street (designated as a section of historic U.S. Route 66) is open much of the year. Unlike some other frozen custards, Ted Drewes offers only one flavor, vanilla, and adds other flavorings and toppings as ordered. ...
A Lasallian Catholic boys highschool founded in 1850 under the name St. Joseph's Academy. Christian Brothers College Highschool opened in 1922 in the Hi-Pointe neighboorhood. The newest campus opened in 2003. The move was brought on by lack of space for the growing student population.
A private Roman Catholic girls high school combined with a preK and elementary school. The current location of the school was established in 1962, but was originally establish across the river in Illinois in 1833.
