Sep. 12, 2022
Ste. Genevieve Legends & Lore Marker
Exciting news! Additional Missouri community adds Legends & Lore marker! Ste. Genevieve Tourism Department installed a roadside marker this year that tells the story of an unusual phenomenon related to noted U.S. Senator and physician Lewis F. Linn. The inscription reads: WEEPING TREE A CHERRY TREE KEEPING VIGIL OVER SENATOR LEWIS LINN’S GRAVE WEPT WHEN HIS BODY WAS MOVED IN 1905. HIS…
Sep. 28, 2021
Legends & Lore Marker Grants
Missouri’s first Legends & Lore Marker grant has been installed! William G. Pomeroy Foundation awarded a grant to the University of Central Missouri‘s…
March 2, 2021
Missouri 2021 Presents
On March 2, 2021, Missouri Folk Arts director Lisa Higgins joined Missouri 2021 Presents’ host Beth Pike on a panel to discuss the Wm. G. Pomeroy Foundation’s Legends & Lore Marker Grant Program. From the State Historical Society of Missouri: Missouri is rich in its history, folklore, and storytelling. The bicentennial year offers a range of opportunities to engage in our state’s history and culture through storytelling with performances, workshops, poetry, book talks, online resources, and more! In this presentation, hear how organizations around the state are preserving the…
Feb. 26, 2020
National Marker Program Celebrates Folklore
COLUMBIA, Mo. February 25, 2020 — Intriguing stories from Missouri’s rich heritage of folklore will be featured on roadside markers at locations across the state thanks to a partnership between the Missouri Arts Council’s Missouri Folk Arts Program (MFAP) at University of Missouri and the William G. Pomeroy Foundation. Established by the Pomeroy Foundation in 2015, the Legends & Lore program helps communities celebrate local folklore and legends with roadside markers. MFAP will serve as a grant evaluator for the Pomeroy Foundation’s expanding national Legends & Lore Marker Grant Program, helping to put Missouri folklore in the spotlight. A…