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The Book of Mormon is a sacred text of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints that church members believe to be authored by the prophet Mormon and later translated by Joseph Smith. The book recounts the prophet’s story of ancient America while also offering context to the Mormon experience and religious philosophy. This …
Book of Mormon
1830
This reliquary dates back to 1838, and belonged to Clementine Papin Carriere, a descendant of the Chouteau family. The religious object is a circular brass container, no larger than a pocket watch, lined with red linen cloth that contains ten relics. A clear lid allows for the relics that are placed in a circular motion …
Reliquary of Clementine Papin Carriere
1838
Throughout the 19th century, Missouri’s population swelled with the arrival of Irish immigrants. By 1860, economic and political forces within and outside of Ireland prompted more than 43,000 Irish emigrants to relocate to Missouri. Nearly 70% of these immigrants settled in St. Louis, where many established enclaves and a shared identity tied to their Irish-Catholic …
112th Annual Celebration of Robert Emmet
1890
Originally from North Carolina, Rabbi Samuel Mayerberg arrived in Kansas City in 1928 to lead B’nai Jehudah, the area’s oldest Jewish congregation. The 36-year-old Rabbi immediately became a vocal leader in the community. During his 32 year tenure, his social justice efforts shaped the B’nai Jehudah congregation into a proactive force for civic progress. These …
Cufflinks of Rabbi Mayerberg
1900s
At the turn of the 19th century, Missouri’s growing population demanded access to education. Private tutors and schools were the only options for structured learning until the 1830s when tax-funded public schools were introduced in several Missouri cities. Although public schools proliferated into the 1870s, private schools continued to flourish as they addressed the unique …
Visitation Academy Bed Frame
1900s
The Assemblies of God organized in April 1914 in Hot Springs, Arkansas. The approximately 300 participants at the meeting incorporated the General Council with a hybrid congregational and Presbyterian policy. The Assemblies of God headquarters was first located in Findlay, Ohio, followed by St. Louis, and eventually moved in 1918 to Springfield, Missouri, where it …
Central Assembly of God
1922
Each year, thousands of Roman Catholic Vietnamese Americans gather in Carthage, Missouri, to worship in a celebration known as Marian Days. The festival’s origin dates back to 1975 when members of the Mother Co-Redemptrix clergy fled Vietnam shortly before the fall of Saigon. They were first sent to a refugee camp in Arkansas, but soon …
Marian Days
1978 - present