February 12, 1963: St. Louis Gateway Arch Begins Construction

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St. Louis Gateway Arch
St. Louis Gateway Arch

1963 – St. Louis Missouri began construction of the Gateway arch. The arch was completed on October 28, 1965 and inaugurated on May 25, 1968. The Gateway arch is a memorial for the people who made possible the western territorial expansion of the US. Lewis and Clark, President Jefferson, and multiple frontiersmen and pioneers that traveled across the land.

 

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