Historical Marker
Veterans Memorial
Historical marker location:
49 East Main Street, Kingston, Missouri
( Memorial is on Main Street east of Washington Street (State Highway 13), on the left when traveling east.)
The "Show-Me State" is Missouri's official nickname and is believed to have originated from a speech given by Congressman Willard Duncan Vandiver in 1899. He said, "I come from a state that raises corn and cotton and cockleburs and Democrats, and frothy eloquence neither convinces nor satisfies me. I am from Missouri. You have got to show me."