Checking out General John J. Pershing's sword at the museum next to his boyhood home in Laclede. Among the many things I learned while there, General Pershing was the inventor of the Jumping Jack. Who knew?
2012 St. Louis, Missouri trip

Boyhood home of Mark Twain
Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn statue in Hannibal, boyhood home of Mark Twain
 Mark Twain's birthplace, Florida
George Washington Carver National Monument.
George Washington Carver National Monument.
 George Washington Carver National Monument. Grant's Farm - "Hardscrabble", Grantwood Village
Ulysses S Grant National Historic Site -White Haven, Grantwood Village
Gen. John J. Pershing Boyhood Home State Historic Site, Laclede
 Gen. John J. Pershing Boyhood Home State Historic Site, Laclede Gen. John J. Pershing Boyhood Home State Historic Site, Laclede Busch Stadium, St. Louis
Busch Stadium, St. Louis
 The City Museum, St. Louis The City Museum, St. Louis The City Museum, St. Louis
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Website : www.state.mo.us
Capital : Jefferson City
Highest point : Taum Sauk Mountain, 1772 feet
Area : 69,709 square miles, 21st largest state
Population : 5,595,211 (2000 US Census)
Motto : Salus popull suprema lex esto (The welfare of the people shall be the supreme law)
Admitted to Union : August 10, 1821
State Song : "Missouri Waltz"
State Bird : Blue Bird
State Flower : White Hawthorn Blossom
State Tree : Flowering Dogwood

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