2025 Recap (NOT a new event!)

TEN years - WOW! Amazing what we have seen in the 10 years since this group started in January 2016.

2025 was our year of seeing (mostly) 20th century history. Most popular events were:
Psychiatric Hospital (not 20th century! but the rest were), the Magic Chef House, the FredMar Anheuser estate, New Cathedral, and the Lustron House. Altogether we went to 14 houses, 11 museums, 10 walking tours, 6 churches, 3 buildings, and 1 bus tour. Plus we took weekend trips to Hermann; Quincy, IL; Rockford, IL; and New Harmony, IN.

We had 213 members attend at least one event in 2025 (not counting guests), on average if you came to 1 event, you came to 5. Kat came to 35.

What's coming for 2026?
In 2026 we go back to our colonial roots. We have 44 events scheduled for 2026 - 18 of them we've never done before. Most of the 44 are sites where the earliest history of St. Louis took place. The oldest houses - 6 built before 1800, the first churches (all-time favorite Holy Families, and of course Old Cathedral), walking tours celebrating downtown. and plenty of museums. We'll go on 4 weekend trips: Carthage, MO; Evansville, IN; Topeka, KS; and Nashville, TN.

As always, remember - sign up! Typically everyone on the waitlist makes it in to the event eventually - but it may be day-of as last minute cancellations occur.

And... I couldn't resist with all my excel spreadsheets - looking up the members who attended an event in 2016, and are still coming to events in 2025. Ten years! There are 28 of us:

Nancy C, John T., and Cindy & Jerry C: all were at the very first event, making the 4 of us our founding members In February of 2016 who are still attending events in 2025.
Marilyn L and Dot attended the 2nd event (which was the Scott Joplin house) and Dot recently attended her 175th unique event with the group
John M and Yinka : Attended the 3rd event (Carondelet Museum), John attended his 50th event in 2025
Amy N, Caryn S., and Ruth L all attended an event in April 2016. Amy attended her 50th event in 2025.
Barb, Judy M., and Jennifer G started in May 2016.
Kathy B., Lin H., Valerie L., Margo B., and Janelle all attended the Cupples house in June.
Bob, Mary P., Gina, Sarah (flower), Mary K, and Annie R. all attended their first events in July, Aug, Sept, or October of 2016.
Other than those who attended the very first event, the only person I distinctly remember meeting at the first event was Beth D in November - as we chatted in the yard of Old Bonhomme and discovered she had been my oldest step-son's 3rd and 4th grade teacher and attended my wedding!
And finally, Pam C and Victoria M who started in December of 2016.