“From Whence Shall We Expect The Approach of Danger?” – Civil War Fortifications of St. Louis by Andrew Weil (Fall 2025 Lecture Series)
“From Whence Shall We Expect The Approach of Danger?” – Civil War Fortifications of St. Louis by Andrew Weil (Fall 2025 Lecture Series)
In his lecture, Andrew Weil, Executive Director of Landmarks Association, will discuss Civil War defenses of St. Louis and some of the people who played roles in their planning and construction. Using historic architectural drawings of the wide range of complex structures, this talk will discuss the forms, functional components, and strategic geography of the mutually supporting system of polygonal forts that ringed St. Louis from 1861-1865.