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(March 12, 2004) - Amber learns how to dig out a canoe with guidance from David Bruns, educator with the MO Dept of Conservation. Amber was visiting the Corps II Tent in Forest Park with her brother Adam, and their mother, Linda Rickert.

Three Flags Festival Family Activities
ST. LOUIS, (SLFP.com), March 12, 2004 - Corps of Discovery II, a traveling national interpretive exhibit, sponsored by the National Park Service, is designed to bring American voices together to share the history and contemporary effects of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, including the impact on American Indian nations.

Adjoining Corps II is the Tent of Many Voices - an auditorium for a variety of programs from cultural arts demonstrations to music and living history presentations. The free exhibit will be encamped in the lower Muny parking lot in Forest Park, 9 a.m - 5 p.m. daily, from March 10 - 14, 2004.

The Healing Drums event, March 13, from 1:00 p.m. - 7 p.m., at Harris-Stowe State College will highlight cross-cultural participation and multiple nations as they relate to the lands of the Upper Louisiana Purchase and the members of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

Drummers, dancers and other visual and performing artists from Native and African American communities will participate. Family activities include an African American Ngoma Circle, buffalo hide painting, Haitian dance workshop, Native American flute building workshop, cross-cultural booths, storytellers, as well as a healthe and wellness fair.

See related stories: Three Flags Festival at Gateway Arch
Three Flags Festival Press Conference

'Discovery Saturdays' at the Gateway Arch
ST. LOUIS, (SLFP.com), February 1, 2004 - During 2004, the National Park Service will present special programming on the second Saturday of each month. These free Discovery Saturday programs at the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial (Gateway Arch) will focus on various aspects of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

On March 13, 2004, from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., the program will feature storytellers presenting: "A Woman's Work: Women of the Expedition" for children, from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Future topics on Discovery Saturday include Appreciating the Osage, and The Rivers Run Through It.

See related story: Lewis & Clark Exhibit Looks at Expedition from Vantage Point of St. Louis

Watch video which looks at the "America on the Move" exhibit at the Smithsonian. Newstream Video (Quicktime Movie: Cable, DSL, T1)

Smithsonian's "America On The Move" Brings Transportation To Life
WASHINGTON, D.C., (Newstream) - The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History has open its largest-ever permanent exhibition, showing how transportation has changed America's lives and landscapes. Encompassing nearly 26,000 square feet, "America On The Move" features more than 300 artifacts - from an 1810 National Road Marker to the 199-ton, 92-foot-long "1401" locomotive to a 1970's shipping container - showcased in period settings.

Visitors will do more than just look, they'll get to interact with the exhibition too. From walking on 40 feet of pavement from Route 66 to "riding" in an actual 1959 Chicago Transit Authority "L" Train, visitors will be able to travel back in time and immerse themselves in the sights, sounds and sensations of transportation in the U.S.

One of the highlights of the exhibition will be the 1903 Winton, the first car to be driven across the country. In a time when there were no gas stations, no modern road maps and, in many cases, no roads, H. Nelson Jackson completed the trip in 63 days.

Altogether, "America On The Move" features 32 vehicles, 19 historic settings, 21 miles of electric cables, 156 wheels, 1, 062 light fixtures and one kitchen sink.

The Museum, located on the National Mall, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., is open daily, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.' closed December 25. Admission is free. To find out more about "America On The Move" exhibition, go to americanhistory.si.edu/onthemove or call 202-357-2700.

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