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Saint Louis's Grand Gateway Arch
October 28, 1965 marks the opening of the towering Gateway Arch in Saint Louis, Missouri. The enormous steel paraola was designed by Finnish-born architect Eero Saarinen. The arch commemorated Thomas Jefferson's Louisiana Purchase of 1803 and symbolized the gateway to the American West. See the Arch...01:00 AM # |
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