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Picture of the day
A
panorama
of the
St. Louis, Missouri
skyline
, as seen from across the
Mississippi River
in
East St. Louis, Illinois
, centered on the
Gateway Arch
. The Arch, as the centerpiece of the
Gateway Arch National Park
, sits near the starting point of the
Lewis and Clark Expedition
, and commemorates the
Louisiana Purchase
, the first civil government west of the Mississippi, and the debate over
slavery
raised by the
Dred Scott case
.
Photo credit:
Brian Uphoff
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