Update: I examined all of the inscriptions on the façade in February of 2020.
I realized that the French and Latin over the doors of the Old Cathedral all say the same thing as the English.
Same with the flanking French and English inscriptions.
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Update: I examined all of the inscriptions on the façade in February of 2020.
I realized that the French and Latin over the doors of the Old Cathedral all say the same thing as the English.
Same with the flanking French and English inscriptions.
be interesting to know if that was the last public inscription in French in St. Louis.