Charlottesville,
Virginia: The Trip West Began Here !
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Charlottesville is
proud to be the starting point for the dreaming, planning and training
for what became the Lewis and Clark exploration of the West. Its Lewis
and Clark Exploratory Center of Virginia proposes to build an interactive
museum and provide educational and intriguing experiences for children,
youth and adults, focusing on the expedition’s legacy in Virginia.
Although the Center as a building doesn’t yet exist, the board
already provides projects and activities in Albemarle County and in
downtown Charlottesville. Explore this website to find what we’re
doing, how you can join us, and about related activities and research
taking place in Virginia.
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River Festival & Open House
We're having the Lewis & Clark Exploratory Center River Festival & Open House Sunday, April 26, 2009 at the Keelboat Barn in Darden Towe Park from 3 PM to 5:30 PM. Music will be by the Duke Merrick Band (Virginia/Texas Swing).
There will be light hors d'oeuvres, a fish fry, beverages, and a silent auction of boats and other river-related items. Some of the auction items will be adventure related: including a guided float down the Rivanna River, a kayak lesson, and a picnic with nature journalling. The public is invited. Please come and enjoy yourselves at our beautiful site!
Admission to the event will be $5.00. Children 12 and under will be free. RSVP at 434-979-2425 or by email at lewisandclark@lewisandclarkeast.org
The Lewis and Clark Exploratory Center will re-open for the regular season in May 2009
We look forward to seeing you then!
Next year's programs include art and nature activities for kids, beading, and compass work and mapmaking.
The Lewis and Clark Exploratory Center has started a blog to keep you up-to-date on news and events! Visit
lewisandclarkexploratorycenter.blogspot.com
to get all the latest postings.
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Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 281
Charlottesville, Va. 22902
Phone: (434)979-2425
Physical Address:
401 McIntire Rd., 2nd floor
Charlottesville, Va.
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Keel Boat Barn at
Darden Towe Park
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Of
courage undaunted, possessing a firmness & perseverance of purpose which
nothing but impossibilities could divert from its direction, careful as
a father of those committed to his charge, yet steady in the maintenance
of order and discipline, intimate with the Indian character, customs &
principles, habituated to the hunting life, guarded by exact observation
of the vegetables & animals of his own country . . ."
-Thomas
Jefferson on Meriwether Lewis
Last Update: May 22, 2009
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