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Picture Gallery: Alton/Wood River, IL Signature Event -
"Expedition's Departure"

Photo:The Interpretive Center next to the Camp River Dubois Historic Site at Wood River/Hartford, IL. This section of the building houses a cutaway of the expedition's keelboat and has been designed to look like a ship's bow.

The Interpretive Center next to the Camp River Dubois Historic Site at Wood River/Hartford, IL. ... [more]

Photo: View of the driveway and front entrance to the Interpretive Center located next to the Wood River/Hartford, IL Camp River Dubois Historic Site.

View of the driveway and front entrance to the Interpretive Center located next to the ... [more]

 

Photo: Rear of the Camp River Dubois Interpretive Center at Wood River/Hartford, IL.

Rear of the Camp River Dubois Interpretive Center at Wood River/Hartford, IL

 

Photo:Corps of Discovery II traveling exhibit at the Wood River/Hartford, IL Lewis and Clark Signature Event.

Corps of Discovery II traveling exhibit at the Wood River/Hartford, IL Lewis and Clark Signature Event.

Photo: Visitors read about the soldiers of the Lewis and Clark expedition while visiting the Corps II traveling exhibit.

Visitors read about the soldiers of the Lewis and Clark expedition while visiting the Corps II traveling exhibit.

Photo: A close up view of the placard listing the federal sponsors of the Corps II traveling exhibit at the Wood River/Hartford, IL Signature Event.

A close up view of the placard listing the federal sponsors of the Corps II traveling exhibit at the ... [more]

Photo: A close up of the Michael Haynes painting of Meriwether Lewis adorning the side of the Corps II traveling exhibit at the Wood River/Hartford, IL Lewis and Clark Signature Event.

A close up of the Michael Haynes painting of Meriwether Lewis adorning the side of the ... [more]

Photo: HEMETT Wrecker of the 3637th Maintenance at the Wood River/Hartford, IL Lewis and Clark Signature Event. The Illinois National Guard provided a significant amount of logistical support to the event organizers.

HEMETT Wrecker of the 3637th Maintenance at the Wood River/Hartford, IL Lewis ... [more]

Photo: Illinois National Guard tent at the Hartford/Wood River, IL Signature Event.

Illinois National Guard tent at the Hartford/Wood River, IL Signature Event.

Photo:The National Guard also provided tents for the Signature Event command post and medical station.

The National Guard also provided tents for the Signature Event command post and medical station.

Photo: National Guard portable display commemorating the accomplishments of Lewis & Clark as well as the service of America's citizen soldiers both then and now.

National Guard portable display commemorating the accomplishments of Lewis ... [more]

 

Photo: Another view of the Illinois Army National Guard display at the Wood River/Hartford, IL Signature Event.

Another view of the Illinois Army National Guard display at the Wood River/Hartford, IL Signature Event.

 

Photo: Army National Guard equipment supporting the Signature Event.

Army National Guard equipment supporting the Signature Event.

Photo: Illinois National Guard soldiers provide security at the ceremony commemorating the departure of the keelboat on 14 May 1804.

Illinois National Guard soldiers provide security at the ceremony commemorating the ... [more]

Photo: Army National Guard salute battery arrives for the ceremony commemorating the departure of the keelboat. The trio of M102 howitzers are from the Headquarters Battery of the 2-122nd Field Artillery (35 th Infantry Division).

Army National Guard salute battery arrives for the ceremony commemorating the ... [more]

Photo: Another view of the salute battery preparing to go into firing position.

Another view of the salute battery preparing to go into firing position.

Photo: The first volley fired in commemoration of the keelboat’s departure.

The first volley fired in commemoration of the keelboat’s departure.

Photo: Another view of the battery firing a salute.

Another view of the battery firing a salute.

Photo: Color Guard wearing the uniforms of the Revolutionary War era at the Wood River/Hartford, IL Lewis and Clark Signature Event. When you compare the Soldiers seen in the photograph with the views of the Jeffersonian infantrymen, you can notice how dramatically the uniforms of the U.S. Army changed between 1783 and 1800.

Color Guard wearing the uniforms of the Revolutionary War era at the Wood River/Hartford, IL ... [more]

Photo: Revolutionary War era Fife and Drum Corps at the Wood River/Hartford, IL Signature Event.

Revolutionary War era Fife and Drum Corps at the Wood River/Hartford, IL Signature Event.

Photo: An interpreter portraying Captain Meriwether Lewis briefs attentive Signature Event visitors on the mission orders he received from President Thomas Jefferson.

Mr. Dick Cheatham, an interpreter portraying Captain Meriwether Lewis, briefs attentive ... [more]

 

Photo:The lost 52nd member of the Lewis and Clark expedition? No, Seymour (riding the ski boat) is n bonafide employee of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. He works at the Melvin Price Dam and Locks in East Alton, IL. He is wearing a Jeffersonian uniform coat in honor of the Lewis and Clark expedition.

The lost 52nd member of the Lewis and Clark expedition? No, Seymour (riding the ski boat) is ... [more]

  
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