There’s hardly a more recognizable landmark in the Midwest than the Gateway Arch in ... Expansion Memorial in the city of St. Louis, as a national monument for “Thomas Jefferson’s vision ...

and social critics put some of the blame for that failure on the arch itself. In 1934, local business leaders promoted the idea of a memorial to Thomas Jefferson and the expansionary vision of his ...

At 630 feet high and 630 feet wide, St. Louis’ iconic Gateway Arch is the tallest arch in the world and the tallest monument in the Western Hemisphere. This National Historic Landmark was completed in ...