Continuance
Fall / Winter 2003
Signature Events
A preview of the Lewis and Clark bicentennial events across the country
MONTICELLO
January 18, 2003
Charlottesville, VA
The Lewis and Clark Exposition began in the mind of Thomas Jefferson.
That's
why the national observance of the bicentennial of the Lewis and Clark
Expedition will officially begin Saturday, Jan. 18, 2003, at Monticello,
Jefferson's mountaintop home outside Charlottesville, Virginia. It was
Jefferson who conceived and commissioned the daring trek across the continent,
prompting expedition co-leader Meriwether Lewis to call him "the
author of our enterprise." The Commencement of the National Lewis
and Clark Bicentennial Commemoration at Monticello on Jan. 18 will mark
the 200th anniversary of Presidential message to Congress requesting
$2,500 to fund an exploratory expedition up the Missouri River and on
to the Pacific. It will be the first of 15 Signature Events designated
by the National Council of the Lewis & Clark Bicentennial to be held
across the country through the fall of 2006.
Officials representing the federal government, state governments, public
agencies, private organizations, and American Indian tribes, nations,
and confederations will be in attendance for the public ceremony on the
commencement event, "Framing the West at Monticello: Thomas Jefferson
and the Lewis and Clark Expedition," a re-creation of why the open
Jan. 16 and remain open throughout the year.
The Thomas Jefferson Foundation will host and Clark Exposition, a festival
of discussions, exhibitions, performances, and other programs geared to
everyone from schoolchildren to scholars, from Jan. 14 through Jan. 19
at Monticello, the University of Virginia, and other sites in the Charlottesville
area.
Though Lewis and Clark are naturally associated with the areas beyond
the Mississippi through which they passed in 1804-06, it is by no means
a stretch to say that their journey really began at Monticello. Jefferson
himself never traveled beyond the Allegheny Mountains, but he had a lifelong
fascination with the West, his imagination stretched across North America,
and his personal library at Monticello was one of the for geographic and
scientific information at the time.
In the early 1800s, when two-thirds off all Americans lived within 50
miles of the Atlantic coast and West Lawn. most of the continent was claimed
or controlled by European powers, bicentennial Jefferson envisioned a
rising nation, spread over a wide and fruitful land, advancing rapidly
to destinies beyond the reach of the mortal eye. Observance of Indian
Hall By authorizing the Lewis and Clark Expedition during his first term
as president, Jefferson took a bold step to make that possible. Home outside
West: In addition to commemorating the significance of the expedition
and will recognize the vital role American Indians played in the Lewis
and Clark saga.
For information: www.monticello.org/Jefferson/ lewisandclark/
434-984-9802
FALLS OF OHIO
October 14 - 26, 2003
Louisville, KY and Clarksville, IN
The Falls of the Ohio 13 day commemoration and signature event will open
with the reenactment of Lewis' arrival in Louisville and meeting with
William Clark on October 14. It will close with the reenactment of the
Corps departure from Clarksville on October 26. Between those dates, extensive
Native American and African American programs, educational programs, a
symposium with renowned speakers, Corps of Discovery II exhibits and programs,
St. Charles Expedition programs, special exhibits and programs at area
institutions, arts exhibits and performances, and the expanded annual
Lewis and Clark River Festival will showcase the role the Falls of the
Ohio area and its residents played in the success of the Lewis and Clark
Expedition.
THREE FLAGS CEREMONY
March 12 -14, 2004
St. Louis, MO
In Spring 2004, the world will turn its attention to the St. Louis area
in commemoration of the Corps of Discovery's embarkation on America's
epic journey of exploration. On March 14, 2004, the National Louisiana
Purchase Bicentennial Committee and the National Park Service will host
the Three Flags Ceremony to observe the 200th anniversary of the transfer
of the Louisiana Territory from Spain to France to the United States.
Invited guests will include the King of Spain, the President of France,
the President of the United States, the governors of all the states created
out of the Louisiana Purchase, and the heads of tribal governments whose
homelands were affected.
CAMP RIVER DUBOIS
May 13 -16, 2004
Hartford & Wood River, IL
On May 14, 2004, the communities of Hartford and Wood River, Illinois
will commemorate the 200th anniversary of the Corps of Discovery's final
departure from its winter encampment at Camp River DuBois on May 14, 1804.
The public is invited not only to visit the new Lewis and Clark Visitor
Center and Camp River DuBois fort replica in Hartfort, but also witness
and participate in the departure's reenactment ceremony, world-class musical
and dramatic entertainment, and period heritage craft and skill demonstrations.
ST. CHARLES: REPARATIONS COMPLETE THE EXPEDITION FACES WEST
May 14 - 23, 2004
St. Charles, MO
A replica of Lewis and Clark's keelboat will arrive in Saint Charles on
May 15th from Camp River DuBois, just as it did 200 years ago with Captain
Clark and the Corps of Discovery. An adventurous series of events full
of commemoration, historical reunion, and life in the early 1800s will
take place. There will be an authentic reenactment of Lewis & Clark's
encampment that will be a focal point of the event. The reenactment will
include reconstructed buildings and interpreters in authentic dress representing
the village of St. Charles and its 450 inhabitants in 1804. Foods from
the time period, over 60 booths of 19th century crafts, musters, a Native
American encampment, and horse and carriage parades will continue through
the event, giving visitors the opportunity to step back in time and experience
life as Lewis & Clark did.
This event will conclude on May 23, 2004, with this Missouri riverfront
community bidding farewell to the keelboat and pirogues, manned by the
Discovery Expedition of St. Charles crew, as they head upriver and away
from civilization.
HEART OF AMERICA: A JOURNEY FOURTH
July 3 - 4, 2004
Atchison & Leavenworth, KS and Kansas City, MO
The Missouri River communities of Atchison, Leavenworth, and Kansas City
will salute the first Independence Day celebrated in the American West.
On July 4, 1804, the expedition celebrated the 28th birthday of the Declaration
of Independence by firing its swivel cannon and enjoying an extra ration
of whiskey.
Kansas City Area events will offer opportunities for a diverse cross
section of Americans to explore how independence and democracy have affected
us as a culture since Lewis and Clark opened the West for settlement.
A variety of commemorative events, programs and educational materials
incorporating cultural and ethnic diversity, reenactments, and historical
aspects of the Lewis & Clark Expedition are planned. Activities will
include an Air show at the Downtown Airport located at the confluence
of the Missouri and Kansas Rivers along with a spectacular Fourth of July
fireworks display over the Missouri River in Atchison, Kansas City and
Leavenworth.
FIRST TRIBAL COUNCIL
July 31-August 3,2004
Fort Atkinson State Historical Park, Fort Calhoun, NE
Nebraska's "First Tribal Council" Signature Event will be held
at Fort Atkinson State Historical Park, July 31 through August 3, 2004.
Fort Atkinson State Historical Park is located nine miles north of Omaha,
Nebraska. This Event will showcase an outdoor dramatic reenactment of
the First Council between the Corps of Discovery and the Otoe and Missouria
Tribes. In conjunction with the Signature Event, and in the spirit of
the First Tribal Council, the Nebraska Commission on Indian Affairs, in
partnership with the Nebraska Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Commission
will host the First Annual World Commemoration of the Nebraska Lewis and
Clark Powwow, in Omaha, Nebraska. Every tribe along the Lewis and Clark
trail, as well as tribes throughout North America will be invited to participate
in the Powwow.
In addition to the reenactment and powwow, there will be four full days
of a commemorative atmosphere in the towns and cities along the trail
in Nebraska and Iowa.
OCETI SAKOWIN: REMEMBERING AND EDUCATING
August 27-28,2004
Chamberlain/Oacoma, SD
This Signature Event will focus on educating the visitors to remember
experiences prior, during and after Lewis and Clark visited the Oceti
Sakowin (Seven Council Fires) during August 27-28, 2004. It will include
a Festival of events showcasing the "our story" at the Circle
of Tipis at Oacoma, SD and hosting an Art Auction at the Cedar Shore Resort
at Oacoma, SD. Visitors will also travel to Greenwood, SD where Lewis
and Clark met the Yankton Sioux's. The Yankton Sioux Tribe will be providing
a variety of events showcasing their tribal culture and arts. The Signature
event in SD will Close September 26, 2004 with a tribal tour of the Circle
of Tipis.
CIRCLE OF CULTURES: TIME OF RENEWAL AND EXCHANGE
October 22 - 31, 2004
Bismarck, ND
This event's goal is to renew the bonds of friendship and cooperation
forged by the Corps of Discovery during the winter of 1804-05. Visitors
will taste what they tasted, see what they saw, and hear what they heard.
Lewis and Clark looked for a winter camp when they arrived in what are
now North Dakota and found information and the hospitality of the Missouri
River Indians. "Circle of Cultures" will showcase the place
Lewis and Clark wintered in 1804-05 and show the thriving centuries-old
trading "Mecca" of the Northern Plains. Visitors can answer
President Jefferson's 87 ethnographic questions about the Plains Indians
and experience the hospitality of North Dakota today.
EXPLORE THE BIG SKY
June 1 -July 4, 2005
Great Falls, MT
The communities of Great Falls and Fort Benton, Montana, will invite the
world to Big Sky Country to commemorate the Corps of Discovery's second
Independence Day in the West and the end of the tortuous portage around
the great falls of the Missouri. Explore the Big Sky begins June l, 2005
and will be offering 34-days of tours, river float trips, pageantry, literature
fairs, and re-enactments.
On July 3 activities focusing on the culture of the Plains Indians will
include the finals of the International Traditional Indian games, a symposium
featuring Indian speakers, and the premier performance of the opera, Poia,
the Blackfeet story of Scarface. July 4 activities will focus on the achievements
of the Corps of Discovery with re-enactments and dedication of Upper Portage
Camp Park, a community picnic featuring Lewis & Clark fare and a spectacular
fireworks display.
DESTINATION 2005- THE PACIFIC
November 24-27,2005
Fort Clatsop National Historical Park, Astoria, OR
"Ocean in View! O! the joy"- wrote William Clark on November
7, 1805. The Lower Columbia Region of Washington and Oregon invite you
to commemorate the Corps of Discovery's historic arrival at the Pacific
Ocean at Station Camp and the wintering over at Ft. Clatsop. The 3-day
Bi-State event will host a re-enactment of the arrival at Station Camp,
Chinook, Washington, the only campsite survey by Clark on the Trail. A
special public Thanksgiving Dinner will be held to honor the Expedition
and their historic vote of where to winter. This will be held on the same
date as it was 200 years ago, November .24th.
The decision to "Cross over (The Columbia River) and Examine"
by the Corps will be carried out in a symbolic walk across the 4-mile
bridge to Astoria the next day. Live theater will be ongoing at 3 venues
in Astoria. There will be a country-dance featuring traditional music
on Friday the 25th. A Gala at the Historic Liberty Theater on Saturday
will honor the cultures of the Chinook and Clatsop tribes. There will
be an Exposition at the County Fairgrounds running Friday and Saturday
that will include children activities. We will have living history at
Fort Clatsop, along the Washington Discovery Trail, at the Salt Works
in Seaside and along the Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail to
the Ocean. There will be official dedications of new trails and monuments,
such as the Maya Lin Confluence piece at Ft. Canby, State Park, Ilwaco,
Wa. The Journey's End National Art Exhibit will show art featuring Lewis
& Clark themes.
CLARK ON THE YELLOWSTONE
July 22-25, 2006
Pompeys Pillar, Billings, MT
Communities along the Yellowstone River, the longest free-flowing river
in the lower United States will welcome visitors to one of America's newest
National Monuments, Pompeys Pillar. This event will focus on Clark's journey
down the Yellowstone and the inscription of his name on Pompeys Pillar,
the only remaining physical evidence of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
appearing on the trail as it did 200 years ago. Clark, showing his affection
for Sacagawea's infant son, whom he called "Pomp," named this
sandstone pillar at the river's edge in his honor. In commemoration of
this event, a Day of Honor will be declared with visitors being greeted
by a new interpretive center and activities ranging from river floats,
historical reenactments, and Native American games.
HOME OF SAKAKAWEA
August 17-20, 2006
Bismarck, ND
To mark the 200th anniversary of the Corps of Discovery's joyful return
to the Knife River Villages, the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation will
invite America to gather with the tribes who observed or encountered the
Lewis and Clark Expedition in an event offering Native American perspectives.
This signature event will contrast the hopes and dreams of President Thomas
Jefferson with those of tribal leaders who met Lewis and Clark.
It will also focus on the contributions of Sakakawea, the only woman
who was part of the expedition. Her extraordinary story will be presented
from the oral histories of all the tribes who knew her and taught her.
This Native American event will offer an Indian arts market and trade
show, men's traditional dance tournament, cultural demonstrations and
reenactments, and tours of Indian Country.
AMONG THE NEZ PIERCE
June 14 -17, 2006
Lewiston / Lapwai, ID
CONFLUENCE WITH DESTINY: THE RETURN OF LEWIS AND CLARK
September 23, 2006
The Greater St. Louis Metropolitan Area
On September 23, 1806 the Lewis and Clark Expedition officially ended
when the explorers arrived in St. Louis, Missouri. In commemoration of
the bicentennial of this event the National Park Service and a consortium
of Missouri and Illinois State, county and local groups will recreate
the arrival of Lewis and Clark in St. Louis. A flotilla of watercraft
will originate at various historic sites on the Missouri and Mississippi
rivers. These historic sites will present exhibits and conduct programs
during the weekend. The event will involve a "convergence" of
watercraft from these sites on the St. Louis waterfront, emulating the
return of Lewis and Clark in 1806. The President of the United States
and other dignitaries will be invited.
www.lewisandclark200.org
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