STE. GENEVIEVE – Come explore Missouri’s oldest cemetery where visitors that night experience the stories of early pioneers of Ste. Genevieve by lantern light. Memorial Cemetery is located at 35 North Fifth Street (Fifth and Merchant Streets). The event begins 4:30 p.m. and continues until 7 p.m.
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Although close to Halloween, being held on Saturday, October 25, 2025, the intent of the Spirit Reunion is not to be “scary” but rather educational, as you’ll see local people in period costume standing near “their final resting place” and talking about their lives, loves, and perhaps how they died.
Past participants include Missouri’s Model Senator and his wife who was buried twice, and the reason why.
There’s an aristocrat who fled the French Revolution, and another killed in a politically motivated street fight, a priest, known as the “Patriot Priest”, Missouri’s first United States representative, a Civil War colonel killed at the Battle of Shiloh, the daughter of a Spanish era Commandant, the first Commandant appointed by the Americans after the Louisiana Purchase transfer, victims of a steamboat explosion, a child whose life was cut short by cholera, plus Mississippi River trappers, traders, and Native Americans.
From stories about life along the Mississippi and early exploration, to agricultural and domestic customs of early Ste. Genevieve, come learn and be entertained at the same time.
Please note that guests will walk throughout the cemetery and will encounter uneven ground with very limited benches/seating available.
Guests are asked to refrain from sitting on any gravestones.
The rain date for this event is November 1.
Please check our socials and your email for information regarding postponement.
Tickets are non-transferable and non-refundable.
In case of inclement weather, an email will be sent regarding cancellation or postponement.
The Foundation for Restoration of Ste. Genevieve is not responsible for accidents.