Bondurant Family AssociationBFA Annual Meeting
Saint Charles, Missouri
October 4-5, 2024
How many times have you heard the old saying “Go west, young man!” in your lifetime? Well, this fall the BFA will gather near where the westward expansion of our nation kicked off in the early 1800s, in the lovely city of Saint Charles, Missouri, on the banks of the Missouri River near Saint Louis.
Our hosts for this year’s gathering are Marsha and John Miller, who have invited us to their home at 619 Walnut Woods Street in Saint Charles for our Friday evening Meet & Greet – they have been working hard to line up all sorts of interesting places for us to see while we’re there. More details about the meeting will be in the next newsletter in mid-June. You will need to complete this Registration Form and mail to Bill Bondurant prior to September 6 to pre-pay costs for tours and meal if you wish to participate.
Make your reservations NOW at the host hotel, Embassy Suites St. Louis/St. Charles, by calling their direct reservations number 1-(636) 946-5544. We are not reserving a block of rooms this time, so please make your own reservations as soon as possible.
Embassy Suites St. Louis/St. Charles
Optional Tours: On Saturday morning, meet in the hotel parking lot at 9:00 AM with your comfortable walking shoes on, to carpool to explore the Downtown Saint Charles Historic District, with its French Colonial and early German buildings along main street. Over 100 shops, restaurants and cafés provide a delightful shopping experience. This tour is $3.00 per person, pre-paid on the separate meeting registration form.
Downtown Saint Charles Historic District
Then (10:00-11:30 AM) carpool to visit the Lewis & Clark Boat House & Museum to see the last civilized settlement that they saw before heading out to explore the new Louisiana Purchase lands, which stretched all the way to the Pacific Ocean. $5.00 per person, pre-paid.
Lewis & Clark Boat House & Museum
Lunch is on your own. Explore the river walk along the Missouri River.
At 2:00 PM we’ll meet in the hotel parking lot to carpool to the Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site, 7400 Grant Road, Saint Louis, for a 3:00 PM guided tour of the house and grounds, with a film about Grant, and a museum to explore. This tour is FREE, but we need to know how many will attend.
Saturday evening dinner will be at 6:30 at Spiro’s Restaurant, 2275 Bluestone Drive, Saint Charles, minimum fee $50.00 per person, pre-paid, so be sure to fill out the registration form and return it to the BFA Treasurer (address on the form) with your total payment by Friday, September 6th.
Spiro's Restaurant, Saint Charles
From the President:
Dear Cousins and Friends,
Your Board and the Reunion Committee have been busy planning this year’s Bondurant Reunion. We are pleased that Marsha and John Miller of St. Charles, Missouri, have volunteered to serve as our 2024 hosts. It has been a long time since our reunion was held in this territory, so we anticipate many Bondurants in the St. Louis area will make themselves known to us. There are a lot, because I recall a once lively St. Louis Bondurant Facebook page. The dates are Friday and Saturday, October 4 and 5, 2024. The hotel is Embassy Suites in St. Charles. We anticipate part of our reunion take place in John and Marsha’s beautiful home. There is much to see and much to do in the St. Charles area. Mark your calendars and stay tuned for details.
You are welcome to attend our monthly meetings to help maintain our association. If interested, email me at siouxlake@aol.com, and I will send you the Zoom link before the meeting. Currently, we hold them on the fourth Tuesday of the month at 8 p.m. Eastern Time.
Let's keep up our Bondurant Ways! Your President,
Bruce Ramsdell