July 13, 2011
May 8, 2013
Vol 13 No 28
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A Greener St. Charles County The 2012 event photos. Photo courtesy of the City of St. Charles
Commemorating the 209th Anniversary of the Lewis and Clark Rendezvous in Historic Saint Charles, Missouri Lewis and Clark Heritage Days are held the third weekend in May each year in Historic Saint Charles’s Frontier Park, which means this year the big event is happening May 18 and 19. The first celebration in Saint Charles of Lewis and Clark’s exploration of the Louisiana Purchase was in 1979 and has been held each year since. The reenactment includes a grand parade, military encampment, fife and drum corps muster, musket and cannon demonstrations, and a skillet throw. On Saturday at 11am, there is a parade on South Main Street, and on Sunday the Fife and Drum Corps will play on Main Street at 12pm and 3pm. Revelers can also enjoy period music, food and wares. There is also a children’s area, where kids can play games and play with toys that were popular 200 years ago. Mother Goose will also be in the park and will have stories and activities. Each day begins with the raising of colors and the day ends with retreat and the lowering of colors. Camped on-site will be the Discovery Expedition of St. Charles, the living history group por-
traying the Lewis & Clark Expedition members. The group reenacted the entire journey during the Lewis & Clark Bicentennial in 2003-2006. They constructed full size replicas of Lewis and Clark’s boats and used them as they traveled the Ohio, Mississippi, Missouri, and Columbia Rivers. The boats are on display at the Lewis & Clark Boat House, south of Frontier Park. They will have a period camp set up in the south end of Frontier Park for the weekend, and if park conditions allow, at least one of the boats will be moved to Frontier Park for display during Heritage Days. St. Charles’ History President Thomas Jefferson planned the Lewis & Clark Expedition in secret because the French and Spanish coalition still owned and governed the Louisiana Territory. With an amazing set of events in 1803 came the purchase of this vast territory for the United States. Training in secret on the eastern bank of the Mississippi near the confluence with the Missouri River, the Expedition was able to set out in the spring of 1804
after the land was officially transferred. On May 14th, Clark set out with a restless, rowdy, high spirited crew of 43 men moving up the Missouri River, and they landed in Saint Charles on May See HERITAGE DAYS page 2
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