Founder of FIRST - Free School West of Mississippi River
Posted by: BruceS
N 38° 47.104 W 090° 28.837
15S E 718831 N 4295940
Plaque next to Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne statue in St. Charles, Missouri.
Waymark Code: WM5A6X
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 12/05/2008
Views: 10
Text of plaque:
"Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne, Pioneer Missionary of the Society of the Sacred Heart, came to St. Charles from France and founded the first free school west of the Mississippi on this site in 1818.
Mother Duchesne established other schools in Missouri and Louisiana. She died here in 1852 and was canonized in 1988."
FIRST - Classification Variable: Person or Group
Date of FIRST: 01/01/1818
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