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A hero to me is a person that influences a person. A hero is a person that somebody can look up to. A hero has courage to do what they can. They make decisions and make life a better place.


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 * __ Meriwether Lewis __** was born in Charlottesville, Virginia on August 18, 1774 to captain George Lewis, and Lucy Meriwether. He moved with his family to Georgia when he was ten. When he was 13 he was headed back to Virginia for school. In 1793, Lewis graduated from Liberty Hall. He then joined the Virginia militia, and in 1794 Lewis was sent as part of a detachment having to do with shutting down the Whiskey Rebellion. In 1795 Lewis joined the regular U.S. Army as a Lieutenant. He served until 1801 and at one point he would meet William Clark. Clark would soon become his partner in a Discovery.


 * __ William Clark __** was born in Caroline County, Virginia, on August 1, 1770. Clark was the 9th child of ten children, whose parents were John and Ann Rogers Clark. They were members of a church and owned a few slaves. Clark’s five older brothers fought in the American Revolutionary War. Clark was too young to battle. William and his parents, and his three sisters arrived in Kentucky in March 1785, traveling with the family slaves also. They traveled overland to Redstone Landing and completing the journey down the Ohio River by flatboat. They settled at Mulberry Hill, a plantation along Bear grass Creek near Louisville. Clark lived there until 1803. In Kentucky, George Rogers Clark, his second older brother, taught William wilderness survival skills for the time being.

Lewis and Clark are Hero's because they are great men. They went on an expedition that lasted two years (1804-1806). The Lewis and Clark expedition was only the second expedition that involved crossing North America, north of Mexico. They set out on and Expedition because of the Louisiana Purchase. They were to explore the Pacific Northwest. The expedition to the Pacific Northwest was mainly to study the Indian tribes, botany, and geology. British and French Canadian hunters and trappers who are already well established in the area will be explored also.
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 * __ After the Expedition: __** The U.S. gained an extensive knowledge of the geography of the American West in the form of maps of major rivers and mountain ranges. Lewis and Clark found over 178 plants and 122 species and subspecies of animals. They found basically clothing... (Euro-American fur trade in the West). They became friends with the Indians and started strong relations. Most important, they found a law for Army exploration of the West. They made a huge body of literature about the West also known as the Lewis and Clark diaries.

This shows that Lewis and Clark are heroes because, look what they explored and look what they have accomplished. They did something that only one person has done. They made friends with Indians who taught us how to make clothing and food. Kids will look up to them for that. They were brave enough to travel around some of the world, knowing nothing about it. They took on a challenge, with courage to make a new law and to make friends with Indians who could have easily have killed them. A hero is Lewis and Clark!


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Lewis and Clark’s legacy would be for somebody else to do what they did on the Expedition. Someone who would have the courage that they had and would want to risk 3 years to explore the world. They would have to make another law and discover animals and food. Lewis and Clark have a hard legacy to follow. It's challenging and tough.


 * 5) ** **__ Advise for today’s youth __**

Advise that I would give is that anybody can be your hero as long as you believe in them and that they did what u think is right. Explore what you think you can do and try something new if you think that you can't do it. But nothing is impossible!

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