| American Merchant Seamen Memorial |
Outside the Soldiers' Memorial Military Museum, 1315 Chestnut St. |
St. Louis |
MO |
The American Merchant Marine has served as "the nation's fourth arm of defense" during many U.S. wars. More than 1,200 Seafarers International Union (SIU) members were killed in WWII, and are included in the ranks of the Merchant Marine. |
Dedication of the memorial was sponsored by the Samuel Parker Chapter of the American Merchant Marine Veterans (AMMV) and the Navy League of the United States. The SIU also participated in the ceremony. |
| Kansas City Labor History Tour |
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Kansas City |
MO |
The tour covers the 19th to the 20th century beginning with Alderman Jim Pendergast and the West Bottoms. Includes a monument to Terence V. Powderly. Marks locations of IWW free speech fights and Ford sit-down strikes. |
Also notes former homes of "Labor's Tribune" Frank Walsh and "Red Kate" Kate Richards O'Hare. |
| Sellers, Capt. Isaiah, Grave Marker |
Bellefontaine Cemetery, 4947 West Florissant |
St. Louis |
MO |
Captain Isaiah Sellers (c. 1802-1864) logged over one million miles at the wheel of a steamboat, and introduced the signal for passing whistle that was made into law by Congress, and is still in use by riverboats. |
Mark Twain was a cub pilot under Captain Isaiah Sellers. Sellers commissioned his tombstone and carried it to St. Louis on a boat he was piloting. The grave marker faces the Mississippi River. |
| "The Social History of the State of Missouri" Mural |
House of Representatives Lounge, State Capitol building, West Main St. |
Jefferson City |
MO |
Benton portrays carpenters, blacksmiths, farmers, miners, meat processors, and industrial workers. The mural's condemnation of Missouri's slave past as well as its celebration of the common worker and farmer caused a political uproar. |
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