I’m fortunate, I’ve not lost any family or friends during their military service:
Memorial Day is not to be confused with Veterans Day; Memorial Day is a day of remembering the men and women who died while serving, while Veterans Day celebrates the service of all U.S. military veterans. (Wikipedia)
The war memorials downtown are beautiful, but somber, places. I feel for those who have lost loved ones serving our country.
People enjoy the steps of our WWI memorial during a downtown festivalThe mosaic tile ceiling in the center is impressiveOur WWII memorial, with additions foe Korea & Vietnam
For more information on the Soldiers’ Memorial Military Museum click here.
May 24, 2015Featured, Sunday PollComments Off on Sunday Poll: Tomorrow is Memorial Day, have the day off work?
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Tomorrow is a national holiday — Memorial Day. This holiday has a long history, but not everyone gets the day off.
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May 22, 2015FeaturedComments Off on Four Years Since Joplin Tornado, New Hospital Opened in March
Last Sunday St. Louis’ new Shriner’s Hospital for Children was dedicated, it’ll open for patients on June 1st. In March another hospital opened in Missouri. I didn’t get a tour but I did drive by the day after it opened.
Almost four years after the Joplin tornado destroyed St. Johns Medical Center, Mercy Hospital Joplin is opening its doors. Early Sunday morning, personnel began transferring dozens of patients from its temporary facilities.
Mercy Hospital moved dozens of patients more than two miles, from the old temporary facility to the new facility. They say it was an incredible undertaking, but one that means so much to this Joplin community” For the last three years, Mercy has operated out of a smaller temporary hospital after St. John’s Medical Center was destroyed by the Joplin Tornado in 2011. Dozens of volunteers, doctors and nurses who had the day off, and the Joplin Police Department all pitched in to help get the hospital ready and move all of the patients. (Source)
The tornado was on May 22, 2011 — four years ago today. Here are a few photos I took on November 8, 2011.
Many neighborhoods were completely wiped clean, the hospital can be seen on the left horizonThe hospital, though still standing, was devastated.By the time I visited 6 months later they’d set up portable buildings across the street for a temporary hospital.
In the years since I didn’t have to even exit I-44 to see the new hospital being built — they picked a new site on the opposite side of the highway. I think this was an unfortunate decision — it’ll make Joplin sprawl out even more — making public transit, walking, & bicycling more difficult.
The new hospital in Joplin MO as seen from the shoulder of I-44. Most of the town is on the opposite side of the highway on March 23rd
I’m glad Joplin has a new hospital, I just feel for the low-wage workers who need a car to get to their jobs.
Five years ago today work began on reversing a mistake that had been in place for 25 years. The “Bridge Bash” event started with comments from numerous white men, followed by Mayor Slay operation the wrecking ball, pyrotechnics made breaking glass a little more exciting. Here’s the video I uploaded from the scene — the action starts at 8:45.
St. Louis Centre was part of the ‘bring the suburbs to the city’ movement. The inwardly focused mall was a killer to the sidewalks downtown — especially under the Washington & Locust wide bridges connecting to Dillard’s & Famous-Barr, respectively.
Looking west from 6th Street May 2010Looking east along Washington Ave from 7th, February 2006Same view after the bridge was removed
Removal of this oppressive bridge and facing the ground level retail of the MX (formerly St. Louis Centre) has done wonders for this part of downtown. If only we hadn’t wasted decades trying to be like the burbs.
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