Army Takes Expedition Back 200 Years, to Days of Virginia's Lewis and Clark

From: The Washington Post | Date: January 16, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

With the 200th anniversary celebrations of the Lewis and Clark expedition kicking off this weekend, the Army wants to make sure that its role in the pivotal exploration of the American West is not forgotten.

To that end last week, the Army held a Pentagon launch of the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Commemoration, complete with a living, breathing link to the expedition: Army Capt. Meriwether A. Sale Jr.

Sale, a Virginian, is a sixth-generation descendant of the sister of Capt. Meriwether Lewis, the Army officer chosen by President Thomas Jefferson to lead an expedition exploring the newly ...

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