The Old Stagecoach Stop Foundation holds an Annual Meeting in the fall each year. Foundation members and the general public are invited to the dinner meeting, which features a program of local historic interest. See Current News for information about the Annual Meeting.
Held in the City Park on the first Saturday of May, this festival kicks off the festivities in Waynesville. The Old Stagecoach Stop welcomes visitors with free lemonade.

Old Settlers Day is celebrated the last Saturday in July which has a full weekend. The Old Stagecoach Stop sponsors this Old Settlers Day. It is the oldest city festival. Events are scheduled in the City Park, one block west, along with food and craft vendors. For more information, click here.

The Old Stagecoach Stop is the site of the reviewing stand for the annual Veterans Day Parade on November 11. The building is open for visitors before and after the event and is a great place to view the parade of Veterans and entries from Fort Leonard Wood.
The Christmas Parade is the first Sunday in December. It features floats and groups from Waynesville, St. Robert, and Fort Leonard Wood and bands from surrounding schools. The Old Stagecoach Stop is the site for the reviewing stand. The building is open to visitors before and after the parade.


This has become a very popular event in the community. Held the first Thursday evening in December, it definitely kicks off the holiday season. Vendors are scattered about the square, providing an early opportunity to buy those gifts. Horse and buggy rides around the square are a courtesy of the Foundation. The Old Stagecoach Stop is decorated in periods from Victorian to aluminum 50s. Lit by oil lamps, the ambience is one not forgotten. For a look at Christmas 2003 at the OSS, click here.
Special Events: The Old Stagecoach Stop also hosts special events such as reunions and club meetings. For an account of a special wedding anniversary of Harold and Sue McNeese, who lived at the OSS 60 years ago, click here.