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Shane Bailey Memorial Music Society 2nd Annual 2014

The Shane Bailey Memorial Music Society 2nd Annual 2014 BASH…. Featuring Mr Cabbagehead and the Screaming Radishes, Oreo Blue with Gary Hutchison, Chris Cameron Blues Band, Warewolves (Tom Ware and the…

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Honoring Those Who Died in the Line of Duty

In 1962, President Kennedy proclaimed May 15th as National Peace Officers Memorial Day and the week that it falls in as National Police Week. In coordination with this proclamation, Fort…

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Flintlock Muskets of Fort Smith

One of the ways to better understand the life of early Fort Smith soldiers is to better understand the weapons they carried, especially their flintlock muskets. Using these tools, you…

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Percussion Rifles of the Civil War

Do you enjoy learning about the Civil War? One of the things that made that war so deadly and cost over 600,000 Americans their lives was the reliability and lethality…

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Big Guns of the Civil War

Do you enjoy the thunder and smoke of Civil War cannon?  Many people do but there is much more to cannons than just the booming sound. On May 3rd and…

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The Life and Times of Mary O’Toole Parker

On April 19th at 10:00 am and 12:00 pm, Fort Smith National Historic Site Volunteer Sue Robison will give a presentation on the life Mary Parker. Mary was the wife…

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Boating Education Course

This course teaches the fundamentals of safe and responsible boating, is free and open to all ages. Anyone born on or after January 1, 1986 must complete a boater education…

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Family Recreational Day on the River

It is our first ever family oriented half day of activities on the Arkansas River, with some time no the Education Barge, time for canoeing on a tributary to the…

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Family Recreational Day on the River

It is our first ever family oriented half day of activities on the Arkansas River, with some time no the Education Barge, time for canoeing on a tributary to the…