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Lewis and Clark Heritage Days
May 17-18, 2008
Begun by the South Main Preservation Society and now sponsored by the City of St. Charles, Lewis & Clark Heritage Days has been an annual event since 1979. It commemorates the time the Corps of Discovery spent in St. Charles in May of 1804, making final preparations for their journey.
Come to Frontier Park, next to the Missouri River, to visit the camp of the Discovery Expedition of St. Charles, the group that reenacted the entire Lewis & Clark Expedition during the recently concluded Bicentennial. Their full-scale replica boats, which traveled the Ohio, Mississippi and Missouri Rivers will be on display.
A time-line camp has other military units representing the time period from the French and Indian War up to the War of 1812. Craftspeople demonstrate some of the skills needed for survival and comfort 200 years ago. Food vendors offer fare from the time period. Children of all ages will have a chance to play some of the games their ancestors enjoyed.
The largest fife and drum muster west of the Mississippi provides stirring military music. Other musicians perform popular tunes of the time. A storyteller gives a gripping tale of life in an earlier time.
Come to St. Charles on May 17-18, 2008 to experience all these things and much more. For more information, email lewisandclarkmuseum@yahoo.com
Heritage Days Schedule
Saturday, May 17
9:30 AM Flag Raising Parade Ground
11:00 AM Parade Main Street
12:00 PM Morgan Horse Demonstration Parade Ground
1:00 PM Military Tactical Demonstration Parade Ground
2:00 PM John Dengler Memorial Parade Ground
Fife & Drum Muster
4:00 PM Artillery/Firearms Demonstration Artillery Park
5:00 PM Retreat & Flag Lowering Parade Ground
Sunday, May 18
9:00 AM Ecumenical Church Service Entertainment Tent
10:00 AM Flag Raising Parade Ground
12:00 PM Fife & Drum Corps Massed Bands Frontier Park/Main Street
12:30 PM Morgan Horse Demonstration Parade Ground
1:15 PM Artillery/Firearms Demonstration Artillery Park
1:30 PM Sperry M S Fiddlers Lewis and Clark Monument
2:00 PM Musket Reliability Match Military Camp
3:00 PM Tru Dengler Memorial Skillet Throw Military Camp
3:00 PM Fife & Drum Corps Massed Bands Main Street/Frontier Park
4:00 PM Retreat & Flag Lowering Parade Ground
Ongoing Activities
Period Music Entertainment Tent & Various Locations
Story Teller Entertainment Tent
Children’s Games Near KATY Depot
Crafts & Foods of 1804 Vendors’ Area
Camp Demonstrations Military Camp & Discovery Expedition Camp
Keelboat and Pirogues Discovery Expedition Camp/Bishop’s Landing/
Boat House
Directions to Frontier Park:
From I-70, take the Fifth Street exit in St. Charles.
Go north on Fifth Street to the second stoplight (Boone’s Lick Road).
Turn right on Boone’s Lick Road.
Cross Main Street and follow Riverside Drive.
Next year's Heritage Days dates: May 16-17, 2009
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