By Editor | May 5, 2021
By MARK EVANS
mevans@stegenherald.com
Ste. Genevieve’s only indirect involvement in the American Revolution will be celebrated at the Centre For French Colonial Life (CFCL).
The center is opening an exhibition this weekend to bring to life the “Battle of Fort San Carlos,” sometimes called “The Battle of St. Louis,” and the Ste. Genevieve militia’s important role in it.
“Saving St. Louis: the Ste. Genevieve Militia at the Battle of Fort San Carlos,” will open to the public this Saturday.
In 1779, Spain declared war on Great Britain, which had been preoccupied with the American colonial revolution for five years. The British looked at it as a golden opportunity to plunder the large, but somewhat weakly defended Louisiana Territory Spain controlled west of the Mississippi River.