Lewis and Clark reenactors return to Nebraska with replicas

LINCOLN — A group of reenactors commemorating the Lewis and Clark Expedition will return to Nebraska this weekend to commemorate the 220th anniversary of the two explorers’ daring journey across the frontier.

Starting Thursday, a replica of the keelboat used by the Corps of Discovery will be on display at Omaha’s Lewis and Clark Landing along the Missouri River.

On Friday and Saturday, the Omaha site will host a family-friendly “Lewis and Clark Fair,” featuring uniformed living history reenactors from St. Charles, Missouri, telling the history of the expedition and westward expansion .

Keelboats will be anchored on the Missouri River in Bellevue on Sunday and Monday with reenactors. Later Monday, the ship will head downstream to Nebraska, where a campground — modeled after the Legion’s Fort DuBois camp — will be set up at the Lewis and Clark Visitor Center for two nights. The ship will open to the public on Tuesday.

On Wednesday, October 9, the keelboat and crew will sail from Nebraska to Rouleau, where the public can tour the ship until October 10, when it will depart and dock in Atchison, Kansas, where it will then sail further to Move downstream to Kansas City.

Robert Foster of the St. Charles Boathouse and Museum in Missouri, which sponsored the voyage, said the river expedition provided a “unique” opportunity for young people and adults to learn about the expedition.

The reenactors are from the Lewis and Clark Discovery Expedition of St. Charles, an organization with more than 100 members.

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