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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 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
October 12, 2002 Chapter Meeting
Minutes and Meeting Program

July 2002 Chapter Meeting (held in Louisville)
Minutes of the Meeting
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.

 

Updated August 18, 2002
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