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March 1, 2004
Louisiana Purchase Bicentennial Ball: A Glamorous Display of Period Dress, Food and Entertainment (download pdf)
Three Flags Festival participants are invited to relive the past and put on their best doublets, breeches and bodices for the Louisiana Purchase Bicentennial Ball...
posted
March 1, 2004
"Creole Corridor" tour explores America's French heritage (download pdf)
Similar to the Boston Freedom Trail's look at British colonial America, the Creole Corridor tour provides an unprecedented opportunity to experience French colonial America....
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February 27, 2004
U.S. Mint to release new nickel at 3 Flags closing ceremonies
The US Mint will release the new Louisiana Purchase Nickel at the closing ceremonies beneath the Gateway Arch on Sunday afternoon March 14. Uncirculated rolls of the new coins will be available on an even exchange basis ($2.00 per roll) between Noon and 5:00 pm. Further information on the new nickel can be obtained at the US Mint web site www.usmint.gov.
Representatives of the French Mint will be present in a tent along the river front at the Gateway Arch from 12-5 pm on Sunday March 14th. The French will have available both gold and silver versions of their recently minted Louisiana Purchase Coin. See www.monnaiedeparis.com for further information.
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January 19, 2004
St. Louis to serve as launching pad for new nickel
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From the St. Louis Business Journal Daily Update:
The U.S. Mint plans to roll out its first new nickel since 1938 next March in St. Louis to commemorate the Louisiana Purchase Bicentennial.
The new Jefferson nickel, the first in the Westward Journey Nickel Series, will be made available to the public during the Three Flags Festival March 10-14, 2004.
The nickel's design commemorates the bicentennial of the Louisiana Purchase. The final transfer of the Upper Louisiana Territory, which included what is now Missouri, in 1804 made it possible for Lewis & Clark to begin their journey west.
"St. Louis has long been known as the Gateway to the West," said Elizabeth Gentry Sayad, co-chair of the National Louisiana Purchase Bicentennial Committee, in a statement. "This festival commemorates the reasons for that moniker, including the final ceremony of the Louisiana Purchase and the starting point for the Lewis and Clark Expedition."
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March 1, 2004
Biographical information on select National Louisiana Purchase Bicentennial Committee members (download pdf)