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- Registration will open on March 19, 2026 @ 6:30pm.
- A library card is not required.
Program Description
Event Details
The United States now goes “From Sea to Shining Sea” because of what happened in St. Louis on a May afternoon in 1780.
We were not part of the thirteen original colonies - but the British attacked St. Louis. They killed and captured dozens of St. Louisans. And we attacked the British to get revenge.
Doug Schneider will cover the role that St. Louis played during the American Revolution. We supported and sympathized with the Americans, and we helped determine the boundaries of the United States at the Paris Peace Talks because we had kept the British from taking control of the Mississippi River.
Recommended reading from the Library: The American Revolution in the West
The presenter is Doug Schneider, author, St. Louis walking tour guide, Scottish country dancer, fan of architecture, Route 66 enthusiast, who graduated from Brown University, one of the eight Ivy League universities, with a Bachelor's in History; and from the University of London with a Master's in Linguistics.