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May 14, 2004 marked the start of a nine-day national commemoration in St. Charles and the city's 25th Annual Lewis & Clark Heritage Days Festival.
Replicas of Lewis & Clark's keelboat and pirogues, manned by the Discovery Expeditions of St. Charles, arrived on May 15 from Camp River DuBois. The boats were on display throughout the event and crew members were available to meet with visitors. Weekends included colorful reveille and retreat ceremonies with more than 25 fife and drum corps and military units from across the United States.
Event highlights included an authentic reenactment of Lewis & Clark's encampment and interpreters in authentic dress representing the 450 inhabitants of 1804 St. Charles. More than 60 booths offering 19th-century crafts and foods, musters, an American Indian encampment, and horse and carriage parades continued throughout the festival.
The event concluded May 23, 2004, when this Missouri riverfront community waved farewell to the Discovery Expedition as it headed upriver.
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