Beer gardens got their real start when the great German immigration begain to flow into St.Louis in 1848. In a matter of a few short years, beer gardens were as much a part of St. Louis as the Mississippi. One such garden was at the "Grand Centre" on Gravois.
St. Louisans also seemed anxious to see what they could see about the new 37 mm. antitank gun at the encampment on Memorial Plaza. Soldiers were on hand to answer questions.
"Military memorial services honoring the approximately 400 men from the immediate St. Louis area killed in action were held yesterday at Jefferson Barracks. Above is shown the 757th Military Police Unit marching in review before a crowd of 2000."
fallow - a historic place that once served as an Army home for Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant, William Tecumseh Sherman, and Jefferson Davis. The old garrison, carved from the wilderness 150 years ago, is Jefferson Barracks - (cut off) - July 8, 1826, when 1,700 acres of frontier land were ceded to the government by the town of Vide Poche, later to be called Carondelet, for the site of the post."
From the electronic equipment to the left of the two men on the Eads Bridge platform, water level data will be radioed directly to a satellite 23,000 miles out in space.
Employees of Accurate Construction Co. and G. Hahn & Sons Landscaping set in place a 60-foot Douglas Fir in place infront of the Anheuser-Busch brewery.
Marty Cooper and William Parkhurst of Accurate Construction Company prepare the base of the 60-foot Douglas Fir Christmas tree that was placed in front of the Bevo at Anheuser-Busch.