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Part of the school's facilities were built by the [[WPA]] in the 1930s, including bleachers at the football and track field that, unusually, are cut from stone. The school has long been active in community life and broader civic engagement, having in many years organized Senior Educational Trips throughout the United States for graduating high school students.<ref>http://cityofherculaneum.org/Timeline.html</ref>
Part of the school's facilities were built by the [[WPA]] in the 1930s, including bleachers at the football and track field that, unusually, are cut from stone. The school has long been active in community life and broader civic engagement, having in many years organized Senior Educational Trips throughout the United States for graduating high school students.<ref>http://cityofherculaneum.org/Timeline.html</ref>
==Community Life==
Herculaneum has a number of small parks, which are connected by a short walking trail. This trail also passes the grave of former Missouri governor Daniel Dunklin, who spent his last years in the community and was buried there with several family members. The location has been a State Historic Site since 1965. The Herculaneum City Park is the center of most local activity, including such annual events as the [[Fourth of July]] Celebration, "Movies in the Park" in the summer, and the Jeffco Fire Engine Rally in September.
The city has devoted considerable efforts to maintaining "green spaces" and standards of civic beauty, winning the designation of "Tree City USA" from the Arbor Day Foundation every year from 2007 to 2017. Beautification programs are still ongoing today.
The local population has long recognized the value of active civic involvement, and there are an unusually high number of social organizations: the VFW, the American Legion, the [[Knights of Columbus]], the Elks, and the Eagles, among others.<ref>http://cityofherculaneum.org/Civic%20Organizations.html</ref> Since 2008, the city has also awarded a "Citizen of the Month" designation to those especially engaged in the community.
Herculaneum was adopted as the "honorary hometown" of the 40th Airlift Squadron of the [[United States Air Force]], based at Dyess Air Force Base in [[Texas]], in 2007, just before the city's bicentennial celebration.
There are currently seven churches in Herculaneum:
* [[Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints]]
* Buren Chapel AME
* Heart of the Apostles Fellowship
* Journey Community Church
* First Baptist Church of Herculaneum-Pevely
* First Assembly of God
* [[United Methodist Church]]
==Notable People==
==Notable People==