National Lewis and Clark
Bicentennial Signature Events Archive
January 2003 - September 2006
Download the Commemorative Poster PDF 1030 kb
1. January 14 - 19, 2003: "Bicentennial Kick-Off"
- Monticello,
Charlottesville, Virginia.
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2. October 14 - 26, 2003: "Falls of the Ohio"-Louisville,
KY/Indiana. Historical Homeland of the Shawnee Nation U.R.B.
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3. March 10 - 14, 2004 : "Three Flags Ceremony/Expedition
Departure"-
St. Louis, Missouri . For more information call: 1-314-516-6884
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4. May 13-16, 2004: "Expedition's Departure"
Hartford and
Wood River, Ill.
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5. May 14-23, 2004: "Preparations Complete, the
Expedition Faces West,"
St. Charles, Mo.
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6. July 3 -4, 2004: "A Journey Fourth" -
Atchison and Fort
Leavenworth, and Kansas City, Missouri. Historical Homelands
of the Osage Nation.
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7. July 30 - August 3, 2004: "First Tribal Council" -
Omaha,
Nebraska. Historical Homelands of the Otoe-Missouria, Omaha
and Pawnee Nations.
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8. Aug. 27-September 26, 2004: "Oceti Skaowin: Remembering
and Education,"
Oacama, South Dakota.
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9. Oct. 22-31, 2004: "Circle of Cultures, Time of
Renewal and Exchange,"
Bismarck, North Dakota. Historical Homelands
of the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nations.
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10. June 1-July 4, 2005: "Explore the Big
Sky,"
Fort Benton
and
Great Falls, Montana. Event will
bring to life Lewis and Clark's decision at the confluence of the Marias
and Missouri rivers, their discovery of the Great Falls of the
Missouri, Lewis' encounter with a grizzly bear, the portage of
the Great Falls and the celebration of the expedition's second
Fourth of July, when the whiskey ran out.
Event Brochure PDF 568 KB
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11. Nov. 11-15, 2005: "Destination 2005 -- The
Pacific,"
Lower Columbia, Oregon and Washington. Historical Homelands of the
Chinook, Clatsop, Cathlamet, Wahkiakum, Cathlapotle, Clackamas,
Multnomah, Clatskanie, Skilloot, Tillamook, Cowlitz, Quinault, and
Chehalis Nations.
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12. June 14-17, 2006: "Nez Perce and the State of
Idaho,"
Lewiston and Lapwai, Idaho.
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13. July 22-25, 2006: "Clark on the
Yellowstone,"
Pompeys Pillar,
Billings. Historical Homelands of the Crow,
Northern Cheyenne, and Assiniboine Nations.
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14. Aug. 17-20, 2006: "Home of Sacagawea,"
New
Town, N.D. Historical Homelands of the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nations.
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15. Sept. 23- 24, 2006: "The Expedition's Return,"
St. Louis, Missouri
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