Armed Forces Memorial

Historical marker location:

Republic, Missouri

( Memorial can be reached from the intersection of Hines Street and Hampton Avenue.)

Marker installed: 1997

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."