May 7, 2014
July 13, 2011
Vol 13 No 28
Celebration in Frontier Park
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Warm-weather Pairings
Around Town
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SAR Chapter Bestows Award
Photo courtesy Lewis and Clark Heritage Days The Show Me Morgans horse demonstration is a popular part of the Lewis and Clark Heritage Days, which will take place May 17-18 in Frontier Park.
210th Anniversary of Lewis & Clark’s Voyage Imagine yourself a citizen of Saint Charles in 1804, as you rush to the river front to see what is happening. A crowd has gathered at the river’s edge as a keel boat and two pirogues land and with them about forty men. William Clark has arrived from Illinois to set up camp prior to starting the greatest voyage in the young American history and you are witnessing it. On May 14, William Clark had 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 16th. “...at 12oClock a number Spectators french & Indians flocked to the bank to See the party. This village is about one mile in length…and about 450 inhabitents chiefly French, those people appear pore, polite & harmonious.”[-Wm. Clark’s Journal] To celebrate this event, Lewis and Clark Heritage Days are held the third weekend in May each year in Historic Saint Charles, Mo. The 2014 dates are May 17-18. The first celebration in Saint Charles of Lewis and Clark’s exploration of the Louisiana Purchase was in 1979 and has been held by the city each year since. The reenactment includes a grand parade, military encampment, fife and drum corps muster, musket and cannon demonstrations, a skillet throw, and period music, food and wares. Each day begins with the raising of colors and the day ends with retreat and the lowering of colors. The Discovery Expedition of Saint Charles is camped on site in Frontier Park, and the Lewis & Clark Boathouse is just steps away, where the Discovery Expedition of Saint
Charles boats are on display. This year, the Saint Charles Discovery Expedition will reenact the landing at 3pm on Saturday, May 17, if the weather and river cooperate. You can be there to relive the adventure. The keel boat will be on display in Frontier Park, so attendees can take a close look at the replica keel boat. This year’s celebration is full of exciting and educational activities. On Saturday, May 17 the day will start off at 9:30am with a flag raising at the parade grounds, which will be followed by the parade down South Main Street at 11am. At noon the MorganShow-Me horse demonstration will take place on the parade grounds, immediately followed by a military tactical demonstration at 1pm. The John Dengler Memorial Fife and Drum Muster will join the fun at 1:30pm at the parade grounds. At 3pm the reenactment of the arrival of St. Charles Discovery Expedition will take place on the St. Charles Riverfront. Artillery and firearms demonstration will follow, after which the retreat and flag lowering will take place at 5pm. Dancing and revelry at the Period Colonial Ball on the JC Stage in Frontier Park begins at 7pm, which is followed by a candlelight tour of the Discovery Expedition camp at 8pm. Sunday’s activities begin at 10am with an Ecumenical Church Service in the Entertainment Tent and then an 11am flag raising. The Fife and Drum Corps Massed Bands will march along Frontier Park and South Main Street from noon-12:30pm. After which, the Morgan Show-Me horse
demonstration will take place at 12:30pm on the parade grounds. At 1:15pm an artillery and firearms demonstration will be given on the parade grounds. The Speereng/Truman Middle School Fiddlers will perform at the Lewis and Clark monument at 1:30pm followed by a musket reliability match at the encampment at 2pm. At 3pm the Tru Dengler Memorial Skillet Throw will take place in the encampment. After which the Fife and Drum Corps Massed Bands will perform along Frontier Park and South Main Street at 3pm. 4pm will bring the retreat and flag lowering back at the parade grounds. See Lewis & Clark on page 2
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