Seaman to star at Memorial Day event
Posted: Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Seaman the Newfoundland dog will be the main attraction Memorial Day at the Sioux City Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center.
The center will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday with Seaman greeting visitors from 1 to 3 p.m. Children who visit Seaman will receive a free Lewis and Clark Expedition or Louisiana Purchase brass ornament or Lewis and Clark magnet. Admission will be free.
The event will mark the anniversary of one of Seaman's most heroic deeds. Capt. Meriwether Lewis documented the night of May 29, 1805, when Seaman's barking saved sleeping Corps of Discovery soldiers from a charging buffalo bull.
"Seaman the Newfoundland" joined the center's staff in December 2003 when he was 3 months old. He is a member of the Todd and Kathy Ellison family of Sioux City. Seaman's Corps of Discovery predecessor was purchased in Pittsburgh, Pa., in 1803 for $20 by Meriwether Lewis. Until 1985, when historian Donald Jackson corrected the mistake, Seaman was misidentified as "Scannon."
The center will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday with Seaman greeting visitors from 1 to 3 p.m. Children who visit Seaman will receive a free Lewis and Clark Expedition or Louisiana Purchase brass ornament or Lewis and Clark magnet. Admission will be free.
The event will mark the anniversary of one of Seaman's most heroic deeds. Capt. Meriwether Lewis documented the night of May 29, 1805, when Seaman's barking saved sleeping Corps of Discovery soldiers from a charging buffalo bull.
"Seaman the Newfoundland" joined the center's staff in December 2003 when he was 3 months old. He is a member of the Todd and Kathy Ellison family of Sioux City. Seaman's Corps of Discovery predecessor was purchased in Pittsburgh, Pa., in 1803 for $20 by Meriwether Lewis. Until 1985, when historian Donald Jackson corrected the mistake, Seaman was misidentified as "Scannon."
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