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Missouri History Today October 21, 1919: Belgian Royalty Grace Missouri At Luncheon

by Missouri Life

The Hotel Statler in St. Louis hosts royalty from Belgium including King Albert and Queen Elisabeth. Crown Prince Leopold Duke of Brabant also attended. A copy of the luncheon program remains in the World War I collection at the Missouri History Museum in St. Louis.

Photo credit: Richard N. Speaight via Wikipedia. The World’s Work, 1919: https://archive.org/stream/worldswork38gard#page/634/mode/2up.