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Mercantile Library Blog Archive

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December 23: Railroads and Holiday Traditions

December 18: Winter Solstice & the Holidays

December 7: Waterways Innovation Changes the Course of American History

November 26: Thanksgiving Origins

November 23: Thomas Ridgeway Gould & The West Wind

November 11: Observing Veteran's Day

November 3: Getting Out the Vote!

October 30: The Full Moon on Halloween

October 23: Early-American River Superstitions

October 16: A Brief History of Presidential Campaigns & Waterways

October 13: The Story of Patience Worth

September 30: Apples in September

September 25: High Holy Days

September 21: International Day of Peace

September 17: Constitution Day

September 13: A Salute to Grandparents

September 12: National German Language Day

September 1: Celebrating September with Gustave Baumann

August 28: Anniversary of the March on Washington 

August 24: Rudolph Ackermann, Cambridge and Oxford

August 20: Macrame and Handwashing on the Mississippi

August 18: Celebrating Couples Day

August 11: Beat the Heat: C'mon Along on the Mississippi!

August 3: National Watermelon Day

July 24: Baseball Returns to St. Louis

July 20: An Author and a Comet

July 14: Bastille Day: The Mercantile's Interest In All Things French

July 4: The Siege of Vicksburg In Newspapers

June 25: The Battle of Little Bighorn and the Legacy of Little Shield

June 19: Celebrating Father's Day

June 18: The Emancipation Proclamation

June 16: Celebrating Flag Day

June 12: Frederick Douglass and the Great American Narrative

June 1: Welcoming June with Frederick Oakes Sylvester

May 22: A Virtual Stroll Through Springtime In Missouri

May 20: National Rescue Dog Day

May 15: Views of Hunter, KS from the Barriger Railroad Collection 

May 8: Celebrating Mother's Day

May 5: Celebrating James Buchanan Eads

April 27: Happy 235th Birthday to John James Audubon

April 24: Celebrating Spring and Earth Day

April 20: National Library Week

April 17: The St. Louis Cardinals in the Globe-Democrat Archives

 



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