{"id":14569,"date":"2020-02-21T10:47:58","date_gmt":"2020-02-21T15:47:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/72.167.124.155\/tilt-uptoday\/?p=14569"},"modified":"2025-10-28T14:48:01","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T19:48:01","slug":"show-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tilt-up.org\/tilt-uptoday\/2020\/02\/21\/show-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Show Me"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tilt-up.org\/tilt-uptoday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_9591-2-r-1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14271\" width=\"203\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tilt-up.org\/tilt-uptoday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_9591-2-r-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tilt-up.org\/tilt-uptoday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_9591-2-r-1-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The powerful rivers flowing through Missouri are connected to many aspects of the state\u2019s history. Its title as the \u201cShow Me State,\u201d however, likely has origins elsewhere. Many conjecture that this memorable title came from Rep. Willard D. Vandiver\u2019s words in 1899, when he said, \u201cFrothy eloquence neither convinces nor satisfies me. I\u2019m from Missouri. You\u2019ve got to show me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Perhaps it was with a similar predilection for common sense that, just four years after Vandiver made the above remark, Thomas Edison touted tilt-up construction as a system that \u201celiminates the costly, cumbersome practice of erecting two wooden walls to get one concrete wall.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Throughout the history of this great method of construction, there have been pioneers who have broken new ground and reached new heights. They have laid the groundwork for those to follow and have satisfied all who would say, \u201cshow me.\u201d It was Colonel Robert H. Aiken who pioneered the method for military purposes, Thomas Edison who engaged it as an invention, and Irving Gill who presented it as architecture. You need look no further than to the recipients of the TCA\u2019s Murray Parker Memorial Award to see that this pioneering spirit has continued, propelling the industry\u2019s monumental expansion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Thomas Jefferson, in a very real way, sent Lewis and Clark on their travels through the unmapped region of the Louisiana Purchase in this spirit of \u201cshow me.\u201d With this in mind, we will gather in 2020 under the majestic Gateway Arch near the starting point of Lewis and Clark\u2019s 8,000-mile journey westward and back to celebrate the tilt-up industry pioneers who got us here, hear from the pioneers that are taking us somewhere new, and show the world what we are capable of today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mitch Bloomquist<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">The powerful rivers flowing through Missouri are connected to many aspects of the state\u2019s history. Its title as the \u201cShow Me State,\u201d however, likely has origins elsewhere. Many conjecture that this memorable title came from <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/tilt-up.org\/tilt-uptoday\/2020\/02\/21\/show-me\/\" title=\"Show Me\"> Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":14271,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-14569","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uncategorized"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tilt-up.org\/tilt-uptoday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tilt-up.org\/tilt-uptoday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tilt-up.org\/tilt-uptoday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tilt-up.org\/tilt-uptoday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tilt-up.org\/tilt-uptoday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14569"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/tilt-up.org\/tilt-uptoday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14569\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19205,"href":"https:\/\/tilt-up.org\/tilt-uptoday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14569\/revisions\/19205"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tilt-up.org\/tilt-uptoday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tilt-up.org\/tilt-uptoday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tilt-up.org\/tilt-uptoday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tilt-up.org\/tilt-uptoday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}