AT ST. PETER’S U.C.C. CEMETERY, 2101 LUCAS & HUNT, NORMANDY (ST. LOUIS) MISSOURI
Archer Alexander died on December 8, 1880 and was buried in an unmarked grave at the St. Peter’s United Church of Christ Cemetery, located at 2101 Lucas and Hunt in Normandy (St. Louis), Missouri. He is buried in Common Lot #10, where there are hundreds of unmarked graves. The burial site of Archer Alexander is listed on the National Park Service Program of the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom
TODAY’S ARCHER ALEXANDER MEMORIAL
On March 19th, 2026, artists revealed the latest rendition of the Archer Alexander Memorial, to be erected in the reflection patio by Abraham Mohler.
When historians revealed to the family in February of 2019, that St. Peter’s U.CC. Cemetery was the final resting place of Archer Alexander, the cemetery immediately offered a location for this American hero. For three years, discussion followed. In February of 2023, the cemetery was listed, with the help of St. Peter’s Superintendent Bill Baumgartner, on the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom. As Archer Alexander’s gravesite is unmarked, the cemetery has graciously offered a beautiful highly visible location for a memorial, near the entrance, where not only a monument depicting the man leading others to freedom, but a beautiful site that offers a peaceful location for reflection on the story of Archer’s life.
By April of 2024, after several discussions with all of the known descendants, the design was chosen. Family members met with the sculptor, Abraham Mohler, whose studio is in St. Louis. Mohler has designed not only the monument of Archer, but the reflection plaza that surrounds it. His talent is nationally recognized, with beautiful works of art that can be seen in parks, cemeteries and plazas around the country. His talent is seen everywhere, and in April that year, fundraising for a memorial began in earnest, with the assistance of the St. Louis Arts Chamber of Commerce.
“They will build houses and dwell in them; they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit. No longer will they build houses and others live in them or plant and others eat, for as the days of a tree, so will be the days of my people; my chosen ones will long enjoy the work of their hands. They will not labor in vain, nor will they bear children doomed to misfortune: for they will be a people blessed by the Lord, they and their descendants with them.”
For everyone who donates $25 or more to the Archer Alexander Memorial they will receive our Letter to the Friends and Family with more stories of Archer Alexander, the latest news about events and upcoming programs, and invitations to private events just for them.
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR THEIR SUPPORT
- Bill Baumgartner
- Lori Berdak Miller
- Virginia Black
- Cindy Bolden
- Jeffrey Boutwell
- Russ Carnahan
- Don Crozier
- Ron Franklin
- Terry Gannon
- St. Louis Civil War Roundtable
- Dorris Keeven-Franke
- Daniel McGuire
- Shelley and Raphael Morris
- Mikal Naeem Nash
- Julie Nicolai
- Mark Raney
- Gerald Rinaldi
- Ros Robinson
- Debbie Rosso
- Rachel Tenk
- Steve Tesson
- Mary Ann Tipton
- Rosalie Uchanski
- Frank Earl Wallemann
- Greg Waters
- Keith Winstead
- Kevin Winstead
May we add your name?
Listed on the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom in 2023
Buried on December 8, 1880 in an unmarked grave in Common Lot #10 in the St. Peter’s U.C.C. Cemetery
The unidentified enslaved man who is shown as rising on the nation’s Emancipation Memorial in Washington, D.C.
A beautiful memorial by talented and nationally recognized sculptor Abraham Mohler
Creating a fitting memorial begins
ARCHER ALEXANDER 