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TODAY MARKED THE SECOND DAY OF
THE 30TH ANNUAL LEWIS AND CLARK
FESTIVAL.
EVENTS KICKED OFF LAST NIGHT
WITH BLUEGRASS IN THE PARK AND
CONTINUED AT TEN THIS MORNING IN
GIBSON PARK.
TODAY’S FESTIVITIES BEGAN WITH A
BLACK POWDER RIFLE DEMONSTRATION
AND NATIVE AMERICAN DANCERS.
MEMBERS OF THE LEWIS AND CLARK
HONOR GUARD TAUGHT HISTORY
LESSONS AND RE-ENACTED
ACTIVITIES LIKE BEAVER SKINNING
THAT WERE POPULAR DURING THE
NINETEENTH CENTURY.
THE FUN WILL CONTINUE TOMORROW
WITH A HISTORIC TOUR OF PORTAGE
ROAD AND A LUNCH OUTING TO RYAN
DAM ISLAND.
THE LEWIS AND CLARK FESTIVAL IS
AN ANNUAL FUNDRAISER FOR THE
LEWIS AND CLARK FOUNDATION THAT
COMMEMORATES THE CORPS OF
DISCOVERY’S EXPEDITION THROUGH
MONTANA IN 1805.
LEWIS AND CLARK FOUNDATION
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR JAY RUSSELL
SAYS THE SUCCESS OF THIS YEAR’S
FESTIVAL SHOWS JUST HOW MUCH
INTEREST THE COMMUNITY OF GREAT
FALLS HAS FOR ITS HISTORY.
{"IT’S FUN TO SEE SO MANY PEOPLE
COME OUT TO, TO REALLY LEARN
MORE ABOUT LEWIS AND CLARK AND
THE NATIVE TRIBES THEY
ENCOUNTERED AND WHAT LIFE WAS
LIKE BACK THEN. WE HAVE HAD
ANOTHER GREAT CROWD THIS YEAR,
AND WE’VE KIND OF, ONE THING
WE’VE DONE DIFFERENT THIS
YEAR... WE’VE KIND OF CONDENSED
IT AND PULLED EVERYTHING A
LITTLE BIT CLOSER IN, SO IT’S
JUST FULL OF PEOPLE AND LIFE AND
A LOT GOING ON."}
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON HOW YOU
CAN GET INVOLVED WITH THE LEWIS
AND CLARK FOUN
