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Missouri History Today November 3, 2018: Soldiers Memorial Museum: A Grand Reopening

by Missouri Life

The St. Louis-based Soldiers Memorial Military Museum reopens with a grand ceremony after a two-year, $30 million renovation project. The first 5,000 visitors walked away with commemorative pins from the facility, originally designed to recognize the contributions of World War I veterans. 

Photo credit: Highsmith, C. M., photographer. (2009) Soldiers Memorial Military Museum, St. Louis, Missouri. Saint Louis United States Missouri, 2009. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2010630554/.