Cahokia Mounds museum still closed after 4 years, millions spent – KMOV (St. Louis)

Cahokia Mounds is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and National Historic Landmark. The site is where tens of thousands of the Mississippian people once lived. Officials announced the closure in March 2022, anticipating a $5 million project to replace old systems and a weathered roof would take a year or more.
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Riverbender
44 minutes ago

Pritzker can blabber all they want about the tourism industry but here we have a UNESCO world heritage site within our midst that seemingly gets ignored when the money gets sloshed around at assorted other causes and projects. Visitors to the large mound can be routinely seen from the highway touring the area as the site draws considerable public interest making me think that Illinois should be proud to host such a historical site but, as we can see, that apparently is not to be. while I recognize the adhominishness of my thoughts, but how is it oodles of money… Read more »

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