Archer Alexander Memorial
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September is National Underground Railroad Month. Archer Alexander, the Last Fugitive Slave in Missouri, was an enslaved hero of the Civil War who was given his freedom by the Union Army for his services. In 1863, he overheard the Confederates plan to destroy a local North Missouri Railroad bridge, which would have killed hundreds of…
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I am hoping you have seen today’s, (Saturday, December 20, 2025) column in the Washington Post by Philip Kennicott, illustrated by David Mahoney of “HOW TO FIX, REMIX OR ERASE AMERICAS’S MOST OFFENSIVE MONUMENTS” . The first of three monuments featured is the Emancipation memorial in Lincoln Park in Washington, D.C. Read more…
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On September 24, 1863, a St. Louis newspaper announced “Archer Alexander, a negro … whose last master was Richard Hickman Pitman of the County of St. Charles…is hereby declared to be an emancipated slave and a free man!
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On Sunday, September 21, 2025 the public is invited to our Annual Archer Alexander Memorial service in honor of his Day of Freedom. Please join us at 1:00 p.m. in the St. Peter’s United Church of Christ Cemetery at 2101 Lucas and Hunt Road in Normandy (St. Louis) Missouri.
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After many discussions, reviews, and thought, Abraham Mohler’s design for a new Memorial at St. Peter’s United Church of Christ Cemetery on Lucas and Hunt in St. Louis, will bring life to this American icon for Emancipation. Rejoicing in his glory of freedom, having left his enslaved life behind, he is truly rising, asking others…
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Come hear the story of Archer Alexander’s dangerous route to freedom on the Underground Railroad or join us at his Jubilee…
ARCHER ALEXANDER 