World's Fair Mystery: Solved

Cost: Free
Lee Auditorium
These meetups will be a little different - there may or may not be a meetup host at these events, so this is more a way to let people in this group know these history talks are taking place. You may or may not see anyone else from the meetup group there if you choose to go.

"Join history professor Rodney Wilson as he traces the twists and turns of this globe-spanning detective story. Blending art history, local lore, and archival sleuthing, this fascinating program reveals how two forgotten treasures from 1904 found their way home—and what their journey tells us about the afterlives of the World’s Fair artifacts. This program will uncover the remarkable story of two 120-pound bronze jardinieres first displayed in the German Court of Honor inside the Palace of Varied Industries at the 1904 World’s Fair. Who was the talented metal sculptor behind these monumental planters? What became of them after the fairgrounds closed? How did they travel from a grand world’s stage to an overgrown corner of a farmhouse lawn nearly 80 miles south of Forest Park—and how were they rediscovered in the mid-1970s?" from https://mohistory.org/events/worlds-fair-mystery