DAR LEWIS AND CLARK FT CALHOUN
N 41° 27.305 W 096° 01.667
14T E 748254 N 4593542
CENNTENIAL ROCK
LEWIS AND CLARK MONUMENT -- FORT CALHOUN,NEBRASKA.
Waymark Code: WMXXM
Location: Nebraska, United States
Date Posted: 11/06/2006
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IN 1919,WHEN THE CENNTENIAL OF FORT ATKINSON(FT. CALHOUN) WAS CELEBRATED,THE BOULDER WAS MOVED TO IT'S PRESENT LOCATION AT WEST MARKET SQUARE (15TH AND MONROE STREETS)AND PLACED ON THE ROCK PEDASTAL.
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Rededication of the Fort Calhoun Lewis and Clark Monument.
One hundred years ago the Nebraska State Historical Society and the Nebraska Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) helped dedicate the Fort Calhoun Lewis and Clark monument that commemorated the centennial of the historic 1804 council with the Otoe-Missouria. Jay Barrett, a predecessor of current Society Director Lawrence Sommer, noted one hundred years ago, "This first council with the Indians was full of meaning. In the course of international diplomacy this republic inherited the fruits of two and a half centuries of discovery and exploration and established relations with the western Indian tribes." The monument was rededicated as part of the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial events held late in July. Sommer recapped the speech Barrett made one hundred years ago.
For over a century the NSHS and the Nebraska DAR have collaborated on many historic preservation, publication, and other educational projects, including the original dedication and the rededication of the Fort Calhoun Lewis and Clark monument. The NSHS shares with the Nebraska DAR the objectives of historic preservation, patriotism, and education.