{"id":1131,"slug":"archer-alexander-burial-site-at-st-peters-cemetery-in-st-louis-missouri-missouri","story":[{"heading":null,"paragraphs":["Archer Alexander is the kneeling — the 'Freedmen's Memorial' that's the Lincoln's feet, the 'chain breaking' that's the hand grasped. The 'unmarked' is the lost — the 'Common Lot 10' that's the hundreds buried, the '2019 found' that's the grave located. The '40 miles' is the fled — the 'St. Charles' that's the bondage left, the 'Eliot's shelter' that's the Provost's protection.","The 'photographs sent' is the modeled — the 'Florence sculptor' that's the face remade, the 'handsome farmer' that's the likeness chosen. The 'memorial coming' is the honored — the '140 years' that's the unmarked waited, the 'Mohler's design' that's the '26 raised. Alexander is the face — the 'first Negro' that's the monument's model, the 'unknown' that's the nation's kneeling man.","The file keeps Alexander: the memorial's face, the unmarked grave, the 40 miles, and the coming honor.","Archer Alexander is the archive's Missouri file — the face at Lincoln's feet."]},{"heading":"Why this file matters","paragraphs":["Archer Alexander is the archive's Missouri file — the monument's model in an unmarked grave.","A lot keeps its face — the file's suggestion being that Alexander's hold is the iconic: the 'kneeling man' that's the nation's image, the 'unmarked' that's the irony's depth, and the '2019 found' that's the honor late."]}],"name":"Archer Alexander Burial Site at St Peter’s Cemetery in St. Louis, Missouri","aliases":[],"type":"HISTORIC_SITE","type_label":"Historic Site","cats":["DARK_HISTORY","UNDERGROUND_RAILROAD_HISTORY","AFRICAN_AMERICAN_HISTORY","HISTORIC_SITE","CEMETERY","UNDERGROUND_RAILROAD"],"groups":["dark-history","historic-sites"],"desc":"NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.","full_desc":"A historic site in St. Louis, Missouri, a National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listing, Archer Alexander Burial Site at St Peter’s Cemetery in St. Louis, Missouri is filed here for what the record attaches to it. NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad. The archive files it under dark history, Underground Railroad history and the Underground Railroad. The dossier holds 2 documented facts — a documented spine with no haunting reports attached. The site is open to visitors.","address":"2101 Lucas and Hunt Road","city":"St. Louis","county":null,"state":"Missouri","postal":null,"region":"Midwest","lat":38.635699,"lon":-90.244582,"coord_kind":"CITY","status":"ACTIVE","access":"PUBLIC","access_notes":"NPS public listing access field: Yes, Dawn til Dusk. This is a listing snapshot; current arrangements still require confirmation.","ownership":null,"website":null,"phone":null,"year_built":null,"year_opened":null,"year_closed":null,"year_demolished":null,"designation":"National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listing","current_use":"Historic site","research_notes":"Government-registry discovery record, unique ID 46MO01, source row 709. Inclusion concerns slavery, freedom-seeking and resistance history; no haunting is inferred. City, coordinates and detailed history are not inferred from the name. The source Year Established field is not treated as year built/opened. ","stage":"SOURCE_RESEARCH","quality":{"level":"MEDIUM","score":62.1,"dims":{"location_confidence":0.35,"identity_confidence":0.85,"historical_confidence":0.8,"source_quality":1,"paranormal_claim_provenance":null,"coordinate_confidence":0,"current_access_confidence":0.7,"freshness":0.65}},"claims":[],"history":[{"description":"NPS includes this site in the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom. A documented site gives the file real substance; this entry is part of that record. The record holds it as fact — documented, not retold. 'Public NPS Network to Freedom listings, row 2, ID 01GA01' documents the entry. 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Inclusion concerns slavery, freedom-seeking and resistance history; no haunting is inferred. City, coordinates and detailed history are not inferred from the name. The source Year Established field is not treated as year built/opened. ","incoming_value":"UGRR enrichment wave 4; VERIFY task auto-queued.","notes":"Preserve both source-backed variants; no automatic overwrite."}],"wiki":null,"counts":{"claims":0,"history":2,"legends":0,"entities":0,"sources":3}}