THE QUIZ

The main question is: WHERE IS THIS MONUMENT? Bonus questions may appear for some monuments

1. A large statue of St. Louis of France on a horse.
   
   Anyone missing this question loses his or her Dogtown citizenship.
   
   If you miss this question you will be assigned citizenship to St. Louis County, the boondocks, or listed as an out-of-state tourist.

2. Monument to Bates
   
   Very large statue of a man. The statue simply reads: BATES.
   
   The statue is undated. However, a much later plaque has been added. It reads
   
   

   In Commemoration of The Foresight of Dedicated St. Louisans
   and
   The Centennial of Forest Park
   June 25, 1976
   The Monument Presented by the Bicentennial Committee
   Of the Board of Alderman of the City of St. Louis
   Paul J. Simon, president
   Frank C. Roland, Chairman             Eugene O. Bradley, vice chairman
   Dolores Glover          Alfred Guiffria
   Albert Holst, Sr.          Vincent C. Schiemehl, Jr.
   John N. Poelker          Georgia L. Buckowitz
   Mayor, City of St. Louis        Director of Parks

   BONUS QUESTIONS
   
   
   1. Who is Bates?
   2. When was the statue itself made?

3. Monument of Frederick Ludwig Jahn
   
   Very large curved monument. A bust of Jahn dominates. We read
   
   

   Frederick Ludwig
   JAHN
   The Father of
   Systematic
   Physical Culture
   
   Dedicated by the
   Nord Americanishen
   Turner Bund
   Oct. 1913
   
   Rededicated Aug. 15, 1972
   American
   Turners
   
   Restored 1989
   By
   The American Turners
   and
   Forest Park Forever

   BONUS QUESTION   Who is this Frederick Ludwig Jahn?

4. Memorial to Confederate Soldiers and Sailors of the Civil War
   
   Large stone pillar
   
   The text on the column is very long, 28 lines longer than what I include below:

   TO THE MEMORY
   OF THE
   SOLDIERS AND SAILORS
   OF THE
   SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY
   
   WHO FOUGHT TO UPHOLD
   THE RIGHT DECLARED BY
   THE PEN OF JEFFERSON
   AND ACHIEVED BY THE
   SWORD OF WASHINGTON
   
   WITH SUBLIME SELF-SACRIFICE
   THEY
   BATTLED TO REMOVE
   THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE STATE
   WHICH WAS WON FROM
   GREAT BRITAIN
   AND
   PERPETUATED THE
   CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT
   WHICH WAS ESTABLISHED BY THE
   FATHERS

   BONUS QUESTIONS
   
   
   1. Who placed this monumnet in the park?
   2. When was it placed there?

5. Victorian Footbridge
   
   This is a lovely old iron bridge, now painted black
   
   A plaque at one end of the bridge reads:

   Built 1885 as Entrance
   Forest Park
   From street car line
   Renovated 1994
   Forest Park Forever
   Women's Committee

   BONUS QUESTION   Which street car line did this bridge lead to?

6. Statue of General Franz Sigel
   
   General Sigel is on a horse and all four legs of the horse are on the ground.
   
   The plaque reads: To Remind
   Future Generations
   Of The Heroism of The
   German-American Patriots
   Of St. Louis and Vicinity
   In The Civil War
   1861 To 1865 BONUS QUESTIONS
   
   1. Who was General Franz Sigel?
   2. What is the significance of the horse's four feet on the ground?

7. The St. Louis Award monument

   The St. Louis Award
   Established in 1931 by David P. Wohl
   To honor annually those who had made
   The most outstanding
   Contribution to the metropolitan
   St. Louis Area

   Where is this monument?

8. Monument to Owen Miller and Otto Ostendorf
   
   This is a quite large monument with a flute player with 6 cherubs beneath him. These figures seem to be in copper. In front of the stone with the figures and text (below), there is a (now) empty concrete pool.
   
   The monument reads:
   
   

   The American Federation of Musicians
   Presents to the City of St. Louis This Memorial to
   OWEN MILLER and OTTO OSTENDORF
   Secretary and Treasurer Respectively of
   The Federation for many years in greatful
   Appreciation of their devoted service
   anno domini MCMXXV
   
   Ferrand and Fitch, archts
   Victor Sholm sc. MCMXXV

9. Memorial for Connie Rosenbaum
   
   I am not at all sure this is an "official" monument.
   
   However, I found a small gravestone. It is only about 18 inches high and wide, and about 809 inches high.
   It reads:
   
   

   IN MEMORIAM
   CONNIE ROSENBAUM
   1946-1974

   BONUS QUESTIONS
   
   1. Who was Connie Rosenbaum?
   2. How does this stone come to be in the park?