The Friends of Pompeys Pillar and the Bureau of Land Management are pleased to announce the 2015 Class of Honor Garden Honorees at a ceremony to be held at Pompeys Pillar National Monument on Saturday, September 26th at 4 P.M.
The Pompeys Pillar National Monument Honor Garden, located in the circular area surrounding the flag pole at the base of the Pillar, honors individuals and organizations who have given generously of their time and talents in the development and preservation of site. Each of the honorees names have been etched onto a brick and placed in the Honor Garden. According to Jonathan Peart, Executive Director of the Friends of Pompeys Pillar, “It is our intent to ensure that their names and accomplishments will never be forgotten.
This year’s class of Honor Garden Honorees are:
Susan Barrow, Howard Boggess, Shirley Gunnels, County Commissioner Bill Kennedy, Charles Lechner, Norman Schoenthal, Dr. Don Woerner, John LeVar, Nan LeVar and Walter Marten
The Dedication Ceremony is open to the public and the admission fees are waived for all visitors at the Monument on September 26th. Refreshments will be served in the log cabin after the ceremony. For more information please call (406) 698-0106 or (406) 670-3159.
Pompey’s Pillar National Monument celebrating the end of the summer season.
Billings, Mont. – The Bureau of Land Management and the Friends of Pompeys Pillar are celebrating the end of Pompeys Pillar National Monument’s summer season with National Public Lands Day (NPLD) Sat., Sept. 26. Entrance fees will be waived all day.
Sept. 26 is the last day that the monument’s visitor center will be open for the 2015 season. Hours of operation are from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
The monument will also host several small volunteer projects as part of NPLD as well as a Volunteer Appreciation Picnic and Honor Garden Ceremony. Visitors are invited to come out and help with the projects that will benefit Pompeys Pillar National Monument. Volunteer projects begin at 8 A.M. All participants will receive lunch and a voucher good for free admission to any public land site in the country.
Started in 1994, NPLD has become the nation’s largest, single-day volunteer event for public lands. It’s an opportunity to educate the public about key natural and historical resource issues, build partnerships, and improve our public sites through stewardship and the hard work of thousands of volunteers.
Pompeys Pillar contains the signature of Captain William Clark of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Clark’s inscription is the expedition’s only remaining physical evidence visible on the Corp of Discovery’s trail. An interpretive center at the site recounts Clark’s journey through the Yellowstone Valley in 1806. The Pillar overlooks the Yellowstone River about 25 miles east of Billings. The area is easily accessible from Interstate 94, using exit 23, or from Montana Highway 312. More information on the national monument can be found at http://blm.gov/99jd.
For more information, please call the Pompeys Pillar Interpretive Center at (406) 875-2400
For more information, visit Friends of Pompey’s Pillar webpage here.
