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Clay Jenkinson on Lewis and Clark


  • Monticello 931 Thomas Jefferson Parkway Charlottesville, VA, 22902 United States (map)

In August of 1802, President Thomas Jefferson commissioned the Lewis and Clark Expedition, also known as the Corps of Discovery Expedition, to cross the newly acquired western portion of the country after the Louisiana Purchase. This week's Monticello livestreams focus on the Expedition. Please join us for this special conversation with scholar, author, and host of the Thomas Jefferson Hour, Clay Jenkinson as he explores the two-year “voyage of discovery” as seen through the complicated, rich, and expressive journals of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark.

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