Soldiers Memorial Commission reports attendance increase, outlines exhibits and events; approves prior minutes

The City of St. Louis Board of Public Service Soldiers Memorial Commission on July 17 approved the March 20, 2025 meeting minutes and received an operations update reporting increased attendance, a new cleanup partnership and a schedule of exhibits and public events through the end of 2025.

Commission Chair Linnea Magnusson opened the virtual meeting and called for approval of the March 20 minutes; the motion and second carried with all members voting in favor. Mark Sunlow, who gave the operations update, said attendance through the first half of 2025 is “about 12,000 people,” up from roughly 10,000 in each of the previous two years and “about a 16% increase.”

The increase in visitors comes alongside several programmatic changes at Soldiers Memorial. Sunlow said the site has entered “a partnership with Easterseals for weekly…