How to Get Your Certification of Completion

  1. Purchase an official Missouri Civil War Passport Book, available at some stamp sites (call ahead to be sure) and amazon.com.
  2. Visit each “Passport Visit Site” in the Table of Contents and have that site’s block in the back of your book stamped with the official stamp for that site before the program deadline. (National Park Service stamps are available at Wilson’s Creek and Pea Ridge.) The current deadline is December 31, 2026. See our Disclaimer page for more information. Bonus Visit Sites are not required to receive the Certificate of Completion. (See #7 below for more information.)
  1. If you visit a stamp site and find the office closed, take a selfie or photo of yourself next to a sign or marker at that site to confirm your visit.
  2. Once you have a stamp from each site in your passport book or a selfie/photo, you are eligible for a Certificate of Completion signed by the lieutenant governor of Missouri and Col. Jerry R. Fry (USA-Ret.), founder of Fry’s Lyon Foundation, Inc. and creator of this Passport Program.
  3. To receive your certificate, email a copy of the completed stamp pages from the back of your passport book, along with your selfies/photos, to mcwpassport at gmail dot com, or email us for an address to where you can mail your stamp pages. Stamp pages from previous book editions will be accepted. Please put in your book the date you received your last stamp under “Date Completed.” This is the date used to determine your ranking and will be put on your certificate.
  4. Once the required proof is received, a Certificate of Completion will be made and sent to the address you provide, and your name will be added to our website’s “Honor Roll” section. See mo-pasport.org/honorroll for current roster.
  5. In addition to the Certificate of Completion, a large antique-style map of all the visit sites will be awarded to those who have also visited the eight “Bonus Visit Sites” listed in the new edition of the book. No stamps will be available at the Bonus Sites. Instead, visits will be recorded by taking a selfie at a sign or marker and listing the date visited in your book. A current edition of the Passport Book (Show-Me America 250) is needed to record your visits to the Bonus Sites.

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