Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Fort Chaffee: You Can Never Go Home Again

Check out the nice write-up in E Fort Smith (July edition, p. 49)! And plan to join us Monday evening, July 15,  at 7:00 at the Performing Arts Center in Greenwood as we hear first hand accounts by Jerry McConnell and Betty Mayo of the displacement of families and communities by the creation of Fort Chaffee, enjoy a photo retrospective of those historic communities and families courtesy of the Ft. Chaffee Museum,  and enjoy the great sounds of "Just Us" and "The Shankle Sisters."  After the program we hope to take a group photo on the former residents and their descendants. Refreshments will be served in the lobby and Key Magazines containing articles about the evening's topic will be available for purchase for $5. We hope you'll join us for a once in a lifetime opportunity to hear this history from the people who lived it.