Pacific Honor Roll

Historical marker location:

102 N 2nd St, Pacific, Missouri

( Memorial is at the intersection of North 2nd Street and West Union Street, on the right when traveling north on North 2nd Street.)

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."