Helena-West Helena officially opens Freedom Park to the public with a dedication on Saturday, Feb. 23. Freedom Park includes exhibits that explore the African-American experience in Civil War Helena. The exhibits follow the journey of the African-Americans from fugitive slave…
Birthday Party for General Douglas MacArthur Saturday
One of the most famous members of the United States military, General Douglas MacArthur, was born in Little Rock on January 26, 1880 in the Old Arsenal. Today that building houses the MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History, which will…
Commemoration of the Battle of Arkansas Post This Weekend
Arkansas Post has played a part in Arkansas history since well before statehood. Located south of Gillett, Arkansas Post was established in 1686 by French explorer Henri de Tonti. The site was the first European colony in the Mississippi River…
Commemorating the Arkansas Delta’s Civil War History
This year marks the 150th anniversary of a pivotal year in Arkansas’s Civil War history. In 1863, the Arkansas Delta became a hotbed of action. In January 1863, in an effort to stop Confederates disrupting Union shipping on the Mississippi…
Harvest of Death: The Battle of Jenkins’ Ferry
It was April 29, 1864. The Confederate soldiers had just caught up with the Federal army that was retreating from Camden. Major General Frederick Steele’s Union column arrived at the Saline River and without delay engineers began building pontoons across…
