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(See also News of General
Interest)
CHAPTER MEETINGS
The next chapter meeting is scheduled for Saturday, January
15, 2005. Dick Prestholdt will speak.
Minutes of
the March 20, 2004 Chapter meeting
Minutes and
program of the January
17, 2004 Chapter meeting
Minutes of the
October 18, 2003 Chapter Meeting (Updated)
For information of general interest, click
here.
To access the articles in the Chapter's Media Kit, click
here.
(AUGUST 2003) You can help the effort to have
nine Eastern Legacy states and the District of Columbia be named
by Congress as part of the Lewis and Clark National Historic
Trail.
Frank and Rose Muhly stand proudly in front of the Trail
map that now includes the Eastern Legacy sites. Photo by
Beth Carroll-Horrocks
Chapter member David Pickens announces the production of
the Lewis
& Clark Bicentennial Inlay Medallion.
Jerry Garrett describes the
launch of the Discovery Expedition in Pittsburgh.
Dick Brooks shares his
thoughts and insights about Philadelphia and the Annual
Meeting.
Read
about Stuffing Birds, Pressing Plants, Shaping
Knowledge Natural History in North America, 173O-
1860, the exhibit at the American Philosophical Society
Memories
of the Annual Meeting August 2003 (with photos)
For more on the Annual Meeting, click on
The Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation 2003 Annual
Meeting in Philadelphia.
New Lewis and Clark Walking
Tour debuts.
(June 2003) In the June 13 Philadelphia INQUIRER gardening
writer Denise Cowie described the planting of Lewis- and-
Clark-related plants at St. Peter's Church in Society Hill
and included information about the Annual Meeting. You can
read the article
with a photo of Tom Davis and Chris Cook and find
the sidebars
of information online.
(June 2003) On June 11 visitors to St. Peter's saw
the results of Tom Davis's and Chris Cook's efforts to establish
a Lewis and Clark garden.
Click here to see photos taken that evening.
The Chapter's extensive
list of recommended books is now online.
(May 2003) Corps of Discovery II at Valley Forge
See photos of the
Corps of Discovery II, set up in ValleyF orge
National Historic Park from May 9- 20. Chapter members assisted
the staff. To learn more about the Corps, go
to the website.
WHYY91FM is featuring a series on Pennsylvania Historical
Markers, with a new addition each week. You can go to the
home page
for Explore PA History or directly to the
Lewis and Clark segment, where you can listen to the
interview with Frank Muhly and Rick McCourt broadcast in May.
The Philadelphia INQUIRER featured a six-part
series on Lewis and Clark by photographer Tom Gralish .
The articles
and additional photos are now online.
Philadelphia Chapter members participated in the "Yo,
Meriwether" Walk on Thursday, May 8, 2003. Calling
attention to the arrival of Meriwether Lewis in the city
in 1803, Chapter members joined Academy of Natural Sciences
staff, Corps of Discovery II members, and other interested
people for the day-long walk.
The route
for The Yo, Meriwether Walk on May 8, 2003,
the special event celebrating Meriwether Lewis's arrival
in Philadelphia 200 years ago, is described.
The Yo, Meriwether Walk participants
spent May 8 visiting exhibits connected to Lewis, opening
a summer of walking in the footsteps of Meriwether Lewis.
Norma Milner describes
the Walk (with
photos). See also the INQUIRER
article and photos
Norma Milner's thank-you
letter to the editor of the Philadelphia INQUIRER
Norma Milner's thank-you
letter to the exhibitors
(March 2003) Chapter Trip to Harpers Ferry
in
Many Chapter members took part in the Harpers Ferry Bicentennial
commemoration on March 28- 30, 2003. Read about the program,
Supplied for Survival: Meriwether Lewis at Harpers Ferry.
See Photos from the weekend's
programs and
Photos of the Corps
of Discovery II at Harpers Ferry
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Previous Chapter Meetings and Events
March 8, 2003 Chapter Meeting
Program and
minutes
January 11, 2003 Chapter Meeting
Photos and meeting notes
January 2003 The Lewis and Clark Herbarium
About a dozen Chapter members
heard a unique public lecture, Saving an American Treasure—The
Lewis and Clark Herbarium during the next 200 years,
by Richard M. McCourt of the Academy of Natural Sciences Botany
Department on January 23, 2003.
October 12, 2002 Chapter Meeting
Minutes and Meeting
Program
October 2002 At the National Council for Geographic
Education, Chapter Volunteers
Spread the Message of Philadelphia's Connection to Lewis and
Clark
Chapter members met with officers
and staff of the Masonic Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania,
located in Center City Philadelphia, which will host a photo
exhibit on the Lewis and Clark Herbarium.
July 2002 Chapter Meeting (held in Louisville)
Minutes of the Meeting
At the Annual Meeting in Louisville:
More than twenty members of the Philadelphia Chapter attended
the 2002 Annual Meeting in Louisville from July 28 through
July 31.
Photo highlights
of the Annual Meeting
More photos from
the final evening's banquet
April 2002 In the News:
Frank Muhly was featured in the
Philadelphia INQUIRER on Sunday, April 28, 2002
More
Honors for Frank Muhly
March 9, 2002 Chapter Meeting
Program: Gerard Baker, Superintendent of the Lewis and Clark
National Historic Trail and the Corps II Project
Photos from the March 9 Chapter
Meeting: Gerard Baker and Corps of Discovery II
What is Corps of Discovery
II
January 12, 2002 Chapter Meeting
Minutes of the business meeting
Chapter member RICHARD PRESTHOLDT described the development
and publication of The
Lewis & Clark Bicentennial Calendar, a four-year
photographic journey coinciding with the time trail of expedition
members.
October 13, 2001 Chapter Meeting
Minutes of the business meeting
October 5, 6, 7, 2001
Chapter trip to Charlottesville,
Virginia
August 8, 2001 Chapter Meeting in Pierre, South Dakota
Minutes of the business meeting
April 2001 Overnight trip
to Harpers Ferry
Chapter members had a behind-the-scenes tour of the plans for
the Harpers Ferry Meriwether Lewis exhibit in 2003.
March 10, 2001 Chapter Meeting
Minutes of the business meeting
Program
Botanist Ernie Schuyler presented "Botanical Results of the
Lewis and Clark Trek."
January 13, 2001 Chapter Meeting
Minutes of the business meeting
December 10, 2000
Dedication of the Caspar Wistar
Historical Marker
Bishop Charles E. Bennison, Jr., of the Episcopal Diocese of
Pennsylvania, hosted a reception for all who came to the dedication.
The Wistar House now houses the offices of the diocese.
August 2000
Dayton Duncan becomes an honorary
member
At the Annual Meeting in Dillon, Montana, Dayton Duncan,
renowned Lewis and Clark scholar and popular speaker, received
a certificate naming him an honorary lifetime member of the
Philadelphia Chapter.
Also of interest:
Benjamin Rush Remembered
The historical marker honoring Benjamin Rush was dedicated
on Thursday, June 20, at the northwest corner of Keswick and
Rayland Roads in Morrell Park. Rush was born in 1745 in a
house built in 1690 near Keswick and Rayland. (The house was
demolished in 1969 to make room for an apartment complex.)
Frank and Rose Muhly attended the ceremony.
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