The Arkansas World War I Centennial Commemoration Committee and the Arkansas Forestry Commission have approved five applications to sponsor World War I Memorial Trees, which achieves their shared goal of having one tree in each of Arkansas’s 75 counties. Successful applicants and proposed loc... Read More
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Sponsors Approved for 5 WWI Memorial Trees
Department of Arkansas Heritage - Wednesday, March 21, 2018
Wendy Richter Named Director of the Arkansas State Archives
Department of Arkansas Heritage - Wednesday, March 21, 2018
Stacy Hurst, director of the Department of Arkansas Heritage (DAH), today named Dr. Wendy Richter as state historian and director of the Arkansas State Archives (ASA), a division of DAH. Richter previously served as director of the Archives, when it was known as the Arkansas History Commissio... Read More
A note from the director
Department of Arkansas Heritage - Monday, March 19, 2018
As director of the Department of Arkansas Heritage, I take seriously our shared responsibility to tell the story of Arkansas. Mr. Bill Worthen, the longtime beloved former director at Historic Arkansas Museum, put it best when he said, “We protect the best of Arkansas.” As an agency of state ... Read More
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