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Sergeant Floyd
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Programs and Events at the Sgt. Floyd
River Museum and Welcome Center

School Tours
A special presentation on the Lewis and Clark Expedition is available upon request to teachers of the region who wish to enlighten their students on the history of the Expedition, with a special focus on what occurred with the Expedition in the Siouxland area.

Group Tours
Tour groups are also welcome. These groups can tour the facility and receive a presentation on the facility and its history. Restroom facilities are available to handle these groups.

Reservations are recommended for all tours
contact the Sgt. Floyd staff.

Two events are scheduled on the Sgt. Floyd grounds

1) Sioux City Museum Annual Classic & Antique Car Show

This event takes place the 2nd Sunday in July, from 12 to 4 p.m. This is a “Show and Shine” event. Live entertainment is provided and refreshments are available. The event is free to the public and it is sponsored by the Sioux City Museum and Historical Association.

 

2) Sergeant Floyd Memorial Encampment

The Sergeant Floyd River Museum and Welcome Center sponsors an 1804 Living History Encampment on the Saturday and Sunday in August closest to the 20th day, which is the anniversary of the day Sgt. Charles Floyd died, the only fatality of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. 

A re-enactment of the burial of Sergeant Floyd is conducted in full 1804 ceremony at 6 p.m. on Saturday, at the Floyd monument, the site of Floyd’s burial. The public is invited to attend.

The living-history presentation of the camp of August 20, 1804 is presented by the Discovery Corps, an Omaha, NE- based historical reenactment group and the Sergeant Floyd Honor Guard, a local reenactment group.

Visitors will be welcome to examine authentic tents, camp equipment uniforms and firearms; such as were maintained by the Lewis and Clark Expedition of 1804. Hours of the encampment are 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Saturday and 10 a.m. through early afternoon on Sunday. Activities both days will include an 1804 reveille and flag-raising ceremony, periodic musters and inspections and arms drills.

 

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