DESPITE THE SNOW FORECAST, THE ANNUAL MEMORIAL WREATH LAYING AT THE FLOYD MONUMENT IN SIOUX CITY IS SCHEDULED FOR 11AM SATURDAY MORNING.
THE SGT. FLOYD HONOR GUARD AND LEWIS AND CLARK INTERPRETIVE CENTER ARE HOLDING THE EVENT AS PART OF THE NATIONAL WREATHS ACROSS AMERICA DAY.
THE FLOYD MONUMENT HONORS SGT. CHARLES FLOYD, A 22-YEAR-OLD QUARTERMASTER IN THE LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION, WHO WAS THE ONLY MEMBER OF THE CORPS OF DISCOVERY TO DIE DURING THAT EXPEDITION IN AUGUST OF 1804.
HE LIKELY DIED OF APPENDICITIS ALONG THE MISSOURI RIVER IN THE AREA WHICH WOULD LATER BECOME SIOUX CITY.
IN 1960, THE FLOYD MONUMENT BECAME THE FIRST DESIGNATED NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK IN THE UNITED STATES.
KSCJ FILE PHOTO OF SGT. FLOYD RENDITION
