Memorial Foundation Report
This summary is likely arriving 7-10 days before our October 4th and 5th services. At the time of this writing, pre-orders for the 2025 memorial shirts still have a week to go and already far surpassed the previous year. Engraving orders for this service totaled 125 vs. 100 last year. The 10 line of duty names we will be honoring are the largest since the memorial was dedicated, and I most sincerely hope that number never ever comes close again. Volunteer support to assist with both services and their willingness to pay their own way for the weekend is up 50% over last year and greatly appreciated. As previously mentioned, you will have a much more comfortable chair to sit in this year and going forward.
Information regarding the streaming service planned for Sunday morning is detailed in a separate section of this magazine. The Candlelight Service on Saturday evening will be video recorded and loaded to our webpage for viewing for 30 days following the service. The same goes for the Sunday service.
The logistical operations for these two services (what you don’t see or at least we hope not) are being improved. Informational support is expanding to improve the service experience. Two golf carts will be available to shuttle people from the adjacent parking areas (streets and private businesses) to the memorial. For the first time, one detailed printed program will be used for both services. The program you are given Saturday night should be brought back and used again on Sunday. Our keynote speaker on Sunday morning is the surviving son and firefighter of a line of duty we honored two years ago.
The interior framing project, at least as far as we can go prior to the October services, should be completed, providing a much better visual representation of what your future State Fire Service Museum and Educational Center will begin to look like and how it will function. We are still working through some electrical and mechanical projects. Progress is being made, but much more remains to be done and the required funding to complete everything.
The intersection of Interstate 70 and State Highway 54 is very different from last year, and they are only getting started. The full transformation of this new interchange will not be completed until 2027, so we will likely have one more service in 2026 adjacent to this construction zone. Consider some additional time if traveling to Kingdom City from Columbia. Most of that section of I-70 is also under construction. Reminder, we will be holding services regardless of the weather. If it is raining, we will be moving either inside the museum or most likely to the Auxvasse Middle School, 5 miles North on highway 54. Please check the weather for Saturday and Sunday before coming to Kingdom City, as it can be both hot and cold during these two days.
If you need to contact us, we have several options. For general information, engraving and shopping, our website is mofirememorial-museum.org/ Our mailing address is 5550 Dunn Drive, Kingdom City, MO 65262. For email, please use info@mofirememorial-museum.org. This is a shared platform in checking on messages, so please give it a few days to respond. If it is urgent or you prefer to save time, please call 314 709 0760.
Thank you for your time and continued support of your memorial and future museum.
FFAM
