City of St. Louis
Transcript
WORLD WAR 1917 – [1918] [blue star] 55,917 City of St. Louis [gold star] 1,007 AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY [ms illegible: yellow ribbon]
Description
County service banner for the city of St. Louis, Missouri. St. Louis had 55,917 men serve and 1,007 men die in the service. In the 1920s, the Missouri Legislature wanted to honor the state’s veterans of the Great War. They appropriated money to match that raised by individual counties to create Service Banners representing the servicemen and women from each county. In 1924, sixty-eight counties presented banners to the state. Over the next two decades, several more were presented. Today the banners in the Missouri State Museum’s collection represent ninety-eight counties plus the City of St. Louis.
Details
| Title | City of St. Louis |
| Source | Unknown. City of St. Louis. County banners and Regimental flags. 00.1986.114.0081. Missouri State Museum, Jefferson City, Missouri. |
| Subject LCSH | Memorialization; Banners--1910-1920 |
| Subject Local | WWI; World War I |
| Site Accession Number | 00.1986.114.0081 |
| Contributing Institution | Missouri State Museum |
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| Rights | The text and images contained in this collection are intended for research and educational use only. Duplication of any of these images for commercial use without express written consent is expressly prohibited. |
| Language | English |