Missouri Revised Statutes Title II. Sovereignty, Jurisdiction and Emblems § 9.090. Stars and stripes day designated for November 9

November ninth each year is hereby designated and shall be known as “Stars and Stripes Day” in Missouri. The citizens of this state are encouraged to engage in appropriate events and activities to commemorate the creation of the newspaper of the United States Armed Forces, first printed by Union troops on November 9, 1861, using the press of the Bloomfield Herald in Bloomfield, MO.