The first time I went to St. Louis I was in 6th grade. Our first stop was at the arch. This was a fantastic sight. At first, you think it is  just an arch, but then you find out you can go inside. It doesn’t seem like a big place, but once you are there, it actually is larger than you think.

When we got there, it was light, but the sun  was starting to set. By the time we went through the line, and got to go up, it was dark. This meant, not only did I get to see all of St. Louis, I got to see it all lit up with the lights of the night. This was a magical experience for me.

The Gateway Arch is a 630 foot monument in St.
Louis. It is the world’s tallest arch, as wall as the tallest man made monument in the Western Hemisphere. It was built as a monument to the expansion to the west of the United States.