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100 Veterans Circle - Jacksonville, AR
(501) 241-1943

2008 Calendar of Events

From Hay Bales to Hand Grenades...Arkansans Go to War

May is Heritage Month in Arkansas and the Jacksonville Museum of Military History is doing its part by hosting “From Hay Bales to Hand Grenades...Arkansans Go To War” on Saturday May 17^{th, 2008. There will be special exhibits, documentaries and lectures that will focus on how Arkansans went from working on rural Arkansas farms to working in bomb factories and to using those bombs on the battlefield. We will also host a chili cook-off and close the day with a flag retirement ceremony. Admission to the museum is free for that day.}

^{Heritage Day Schedule of Events:}

^{9:00am Chili Cook-off starts}

^{11:00am Chili available for tasting ($1.00 per cup)}

^{1:00pm Chili Judging starts}

^{1:00pm Video “Arsenal for Democracy” by Jack Hill (Focus on the Women Ordnance Workers)}

2:00pm Lecture “WWII Flying Schools of Arkansas” by Robert Johnson

(President of the Walnut Ridge Army Flying School Museum)

3:00pm Video “WASP –Women's Air Force Service Pilots”

4:00pm Flag Retirement Ceremony (Club Scout Pack 810)

For additional information call (501) 241-1943 or e-mail dkduggarmilitarymuseum@centurytel.net

100Veteran's Circle - Jacksonville, AR 72076 - 501-241-1943

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