Archer Alexander Memorial
Archer Alexander Memorial is at 1 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 20 at St. Peter’s United Church of Christ Cemetery, 2101 Lucas & Hunt Road in Normandy. In 1876, Archer Alexander (1806-1880) became America’s embodiment of the word Emancipation. On the only memorial ever erected by the formerly enslaved to President Abraham Lincoln in Washington, D.C. he still rises on the Emancipation Memorial. He would become the last fugitive slave captured in Missouri, a border state under Martial Law during the Civil War. In 1863, he had overheard the area’s Confederate’s planning an attack on a nearby railroad bridge near the Union’s Fort Peruque; and risked his life to report it. He saved hundreds of lives, supplies, the payroll and a vital link for the Union Army by so doing. Then he would lead sixteen men on a run for freedom at Howell’s Ferry on the Underground Railroad. He was granted freedom for his services to the military on September 24, 1863, and is the third great-grandfather of Muhammad Ali. Yet, he is buried in an unmarked grave in St. Louis. The public is invited and this is a program for all ages. Bring lawn chairs. For details, visit archeralexander.blog/2026/07/15/archer-alexander-memorial-6/.
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