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From the beginning to the end of the Trail…that’s the link from Charlottesville, Virginia, to Long Beach, Washington. When the national Lewis & Clark Bicentennial Council decided to kick off the commemoration of the Expedition’s 200th anniversary in Charlottesville – rather than St. Louis – the connection was made official. In October 1999, the city councils of both Long Beach and Charlottesville passed the sister city resolution.

Carolyn Glenn, Chair of Pacific County Friends of Lewis & Clark, explained that Thomas Jefferson’s home, Monticello, is just outside the city limits of Charlottesville. “That’s where he looked west over the Allegheny and Blue Ridge mountains and thought about westward expansion,” Glenn said. “That’s where he got his friend, Meriwether Lewis, who grew up in Charlottesville, to head up the expedition and that’s where Lewis asked his friend, William Clark, to be co-leader of the expedition.” Glenn believes a great deal of goodwill will come from the sister city relationship “in terms of sharing our history and the educational opportunities it will bring.”

A sister county relationship has also been forged between Pacific County, Washington, and Albemarle County where Captain Clark’s family lived.

Glenn was joined in her praise of the venture by Dale Jacobson, currently Mayor of Long Beach. “The seed of the most significant expedition in the nation’s history began there.” Jim Sayce, Long Beach City Planner, was enthusiastic about the concept. “What better way to do it than with an old East Coast community reaching out to a young West Coast community?” Planners have been talking about a student exchange program similar to the American Field Service national exchange program. Glenn said, “I hope that children from Charlottesville will come here and see where Lewis and Clark ended their trail and saw the Pacific Ocean and that kids from here will travel to see the birthplace of the expedition. We’re also talking about exchanges of history and even a plant exchange in the spirit of the expedition.”

For more information on Charlottesville, visit the Charlottesville/Albemarle Convention and Visitors Bureau.
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