A new park with a new mission Aug 24, 2018

St. Louis’ Gateway Arch has been open to visitors since 1967 and became part of a national park on Feb 22, 2018. With that new status come new reflections on what the arch represents. Originally it symbolized a ‘gateway to the West’—marking the starting point of the Lewis and Clark expedition and celebrating the westward expansion of the US. But history has many stories to tell and the Gateway Arch, with its new national park status, includes many more perspectives on our nation’s westward growth. The arch and surrounding grounds are now literally more accessible as well, with redesigned grounds that have better integrated the park into the city’s landscape.

© STLJB/Shutterstock

palette

Today in History

Aug 24, 2019Get the bear facts
Aug 24, 2020Go with the rainbow flow
Aug 24, 2021Surf s always up in Paia
Aug 24, 2022Ukrainian Independence Day
Aug 24, 2023Shark Fin Cove, California
Aug 24, 2024Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument anniversary
Aug 24, 2025European fallow deer in England

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Jun 19, 2020Celebrating freedom
Dec 15, 2025Spiegelgracht canal in Amsterdam, Netherlands
Sep 19, 2025Thousand Islands region, St. Lawrence River, US-Canada border
May 13, 2019In praise of bogs, swamps, and marshes
Jun 1, 2024Pride Month
Aug 3, 2026Colorful boats in Marsaxlokk Harbor, Malta
Jun 13, 2023Okefenokee Swamp
Jul 17, 2025Lavender fields in Plateau de Valensole, France
Apr 15, 2018The ‘Living Forest’ in Biscay, Spain
Sep 6, 2021All in a day s work
Mar 11, 2019You re feeling sleepy
Jul 20, 2021Fly me to the moon
Jul 26, 2021The dancing trees of Sumba Island
Feb 4, 2021Where is this wintry road?
Aug 2, 2026Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland
Apr 17, 2020It s a ruff life
Dec 22, 2025The Nutcracker performed by the Turkish State Opera and Ballet in Türkiye
Feb 10, 2025National Umbrella Day
Apr 15, 2023World Art Day
Sep 3, 2021Welcome to the Alien Egg Hatchery
Feb 23, 2021Giants of the avian world
Oct 11, 2021Indigenous living
Feb 21, 2020Carnival comes to Olinda
Jul 16, 2024Festival of British Archaeology
Jul 30, 2025International Day of Friendship
Nov 1, 2019The National Museum of the American Indian
Jun 25, 2026Buildings on Grand-Place Square in Brussels, Belgium
May 27, 2022Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco
Aug 2, 2021This reef is nowhere near the sea…
Jan 3, 2022Lick Observatory