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[[Image:Missouri_State_Flag.gif|thumb|right|The state flag of Missouri.]]

'''Missouri''' is a Midwestern state that was admitted to the Union as a slave state on August 10, 1821. Its nickname is the "Show Me State". Its capital is Jefferson City and its largest cities are, respectively, Kansas City, St. Louis, and Springfield.

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==Notable Missourians==

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Former Attorney General [[John Ashcroft]] used to live in Springfield.

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*Former Attorney General [[John Ashcroft]] used to live in Springfield.

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*Five star general [[Omar Bradley]] was from Clark.

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Five star general [[Omar Bradley]] was from Clark.

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*Author Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known as [[Mark Twain]], was from Hannibal.

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*Poet [[T.S. Eliot]] was from St. Louis.

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Author Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known as [[Mark Twain]], was from Hannibal.

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*Political commentator [[Rush Limbaugh]] is from Cape Girardeau.

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*President [[Harry Truman]] lived in Lamar and Independence.

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Poet [[T.S. Eliot]] was from St. Louis.

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Political commentator [[Rush Limbaugh]] is from Cape Girardeau.

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President [[Harry Truman]] lived in Lamar and Independence.

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