Continuance

Continuance Fall / Winter 2003-2004

Coming Lewis and Clark Events

ILLINOIS
www.lewisandclarkillinois.org

DECEMBER 12

ARRIVAL OF LEWIS& CLARK AT CAMP RIVER DUBOIS,
Lewis and Clark State Historic Site, Hartford, 11 am

DECEMBER 13

EXPLORING AMERICA

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Southwestern Illinois College, Granite City; Lewis & Clark Community College, Godfrey

FEBRUARY 11

THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF LEWIS AND CLARK:
Musical Theatre for children. Wabaunsee College, Sugar Grove, IL

MARCH 16

IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF LEWIS & CLARK
A lecture & academic presentation by Sam Abell, National Geographic Photographer. SIU; Edwardsville.

MARCH 23 AND 24

THOMAS JEFFERSON VISITS THE FOX VALLEY:
Clay Jenkinson portrays Pres.
Jefferson seeks support for the Lewis and Clark Expedition from the Aurora City Council.630-466-7900 x 5715, Aurora.

MAY 13 -16

EXPEDITION'S DEPARTURE: CAMP RIVER DUBOIS Hartford & Wood River, IL

Visit the new Lewis and Clark Visitor Center and Camp River DuBois fort replica in Hartford. Participate in the departure's reenactment ceremony, breakfast with Jefferson, Droulliard, York, and other events.

OPENING PROGRAM

MAY 13

EVE OF DISCOVERY

Featuring the U.S. Army Old Guard and commemorating the night before the Corps launched from the   eastern banks of the Mississippi on May 14, 1804.4:30 TO 10 PM

MAY 14 - 16

SPIRIT - SEVENTH FIRE Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville:

Honors the beauty of a culture in harmony with the land and its surroundings and features the traditional Native American music and dance

 THE SHAWNEE NATION: GATHERING AT THE RIVERS

May 14 - 16  Festival Grounds, Hartford

CHAUTAUQUA TENT

May 14 - 16 Festival Grounds, Hartford 

MISSOURI

JANUARY
L/C EXHIBITION St. Louis 
Two hundred years after Meriwether Lewis and William Clark set out on their transcontinental journey, a major multi-city museum exhibition will commemorate the expedition, the American tribes they encountered, and the landscapes they traversed. The National Bicentennial Exhibition will bring together, for the first time since 1806, rare handwritten journals, maps, equipment, American Indian artifacts and scientific specimens. The exhibit will begin in St. Louis and travel to Philadelphia, Denver, Portland, and Washington, D.C. www.lewisandclarkexhibit.org

MARCH 12 -14 
THREE FLAGS CEREMONY St. Louis
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. louisianapurchase.umsl.edu/