The spirits of Missouri’s early pioneers will again emerge from the crypts and tombs of historic Ste. Genevieve’s Memorial Cemetery as the Foundation for Restoration of Ste. Genevieve hosts its annual family friendly Déjà vu Spirit Reunion on Saturday, October 9th, 2010 from 6 to 8 pm.
Visitors will experience Missouri’s oldest town through the spirits of those buried in the town's Memorial Cemetery. The cemetery, established in 1787, includes the tombs and grave markers of this area’s earliest French pioneers. Emigrants of German, Scottish and other heritages as well as slave, free and integrated spouses of black African and Native Americans are also entombed there.
This exclusive program of stories, traditions and nostalgia highlights the lives, personalities, culture, legends and history of notables and some ‘not-so-notables’ buried in the cemetery. Visitors will tour the cemetery via lantern light and chat “face-to-face" with spirits clad in traditional dress.
While in Ste. Genevieve be sure to visit "the most haunted house in Missouri", the Foundation’s historic 1806 Jacques Guibourd House. The house will be open from 10 am to 5 pm on Saturday, October 9th and from 12 noon to 5 pm on Sunday October 10th. There is a small admission charge.
When: Saturday, October 9, 2010 from 6 to 8pm Where: Memorial Cemetery, 5th & Merchant Sts, Ste. Genevieve, MO.
Directions: Take Exit 150 on I-55, go east on Highway 32 into Ste. Genevieve. Highway 32 becomes 4th Street. Turn left on Merchant St. (2nd stop sign after stop light). Proceed one block to Memorial Cemetery.
Admission: $5.00 Adults $2.50 Student (6-18 years) Free Children age 5 and under
Discounted tickets are available for groups of 15 more. (Please call or email the Foundation for details.)
All proceeds benefit the Foundation’s Memorial Cemetery Restoration Project