From Sea to Shining Sea: American Expansion and Cultural Change, 1790-1850

FAIN: BC-50221-04

North Dakota Humanities Council (Bismarck, ND 58501-4086)
David R. Solheim (Project Director: May 2004 to September 2004)
Lynn Davis (Project Director: September 2004 to October 2005)
Janet E. Rowse (Project Director: October 2005 to August 2006)
Jim Norris (Project Director: August 2006 to September 2008)

The 2005-2006 North Dakota presentations of the Great Plains Chautauqua's program "From Sea to Shining Sea: American Expansion and Cultural Change, 1790-1850," coinciding with the Lewis and Clark bicentennial.

"From Sea to Shining Sea: American Expansion and Cultural Change, 1790-1850" is the grand theme of Chautauqua in 2005 and 2006, coinciding with the Lewis and Clark bicentennial. Five scholars spend five days in a community, presenting first-person programs on William Clark, York, Sacagawea, John Jacob Astor, and Tecumseh, and offering twelve interpretive workshops for adults and children. Dolley Madison serves as each evening's moderator. The scholars emphasize the significant changes through which the nation went in those critical years.