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Large airplane on display behind an iron fence with brick pavilion building behind it
B-17 Flying Fortress Explosion of 1943
On March 12, 1943, the nine-man crew of a B-17F Flying Fortress perished after one of the plane’s engines ca...
Military aircraft flying against blue sky
B-25 Bomber Crash of 1947
During a period of about three months in the winter of 1947 and 1948, Arkansas was the site of the crash of tw...
Military aircraft flying against blue sky
B-25 Bomber Crash of 1948
During a period of about three months in the winter of 1947 and 1948, Arkansas was the site of the crash of tw...
Twin engine airplane flying above rural landscape
B-26 Bomber Crash of 1944
On the afternoon of January 20, 1944, a B-26 bomber with a total of eight crew members and passengers crashed ...
B-26A Bomber Crash of 1942
aka: Crash Site of AC 41-744
A B-26A bomber crashed two miles west of Pinnacle Mountain in Pulas...
U.S. Air Force multiengine airplane in flight
B-47 Bomber Crash of 1960
On March 31, 1960, aircraft number 52-1414A was set to take off from the Little Rock Air Force Base (LRAFB) in...
Bay of Pigs Invasion
The Bay of Pigs is the location on the southern coast of the island nation of Cuba that is now associated with...
Soldiers and their supporters gathered in front of large marble building with four columns
Brooks-Baxter War
The Brooks-Baxter War, which occurred during April and May 1874, was an armed conflict between the supporters ...
C-130 Crash of 1970
A C-130 cargo plane flying from Little Rock Air Force Base (LRAFB) in Jacksonville (Pulaski County) caught fir...
Newspaper clipping with text and photo of wreckage
C-130 Crash of 1971
Ten U.S. Air Force personnel were killed in a disastrous takeoff crash at Little Rock Air Force Base in Jackso...
Group of white men in military uniforms on horseback on street
Civil War Veterans' Reunions
After the Civil War, Arkansas veterans returned home and attempted to revert to civilian life, a task very dif...
"Another resister is landed in jail" newspaper clipping
Cleburne County Draft War
The Cleburne County Draft War was one of three violent encounters in World War I–era Arkansas that occurred ...
Desert Storm
aka: Gulf War
aka: First Gulf War
aka: Desert Shield
aka: Persian Gulf War
aka: Operation Desert Storm
On August 2, 1990, the Iraq Army under the command of President Sad...
aerial view of military base with many uniformly shaped white buildings in rows
Indochinese Resettlement Program
aka: Operation New Life
In 1975, the state of Arkansas was tapped by the federal government...
White soldiers with machine gun and bazooka perched on hill side
Korean War
On June 25, 1950, North Korean forces invaded South Korea after failed negotiations for the reunification of t...
White man in black suit with red curtains in the background
Skirmishes in Little Rock and Argenta (Brooks-Baxter War)
While fairly serious combat took place at Palarm Creek and New Gascony (Jefferson County) during the 1874 Broo...
"Officer killed and fugitive badly injured" newspaper clipping
Logan County Draft War
aka: Franklin County Draft War
The Logan County Draft War was an episode of armed draft resistance...
White man with handlebar mustache and beard in suit and blue bow tie
Militia Wars of 1868–1869
A series of conflicts fought across the state in the aftermath of the Civil War, the Militia Wars were a respo...
"The first battle" newspaper clipping
Battle of New Gascony (Reconstruction)
The Battle of New Gascony was a skirmish in the Reconstruction-era Brooks-Baxter War in which supporters of El...
"Eight of the Cecil Cove slacker gang give up to sheriff" newspaper clipping
Newton County Draft War
The Newton County Draft War was the last armed incident of the documented Arkansas draft wars, as well as one ...
Memorial "Operation Iraqi Freedom 2" with names bronze boot rifle sculpture and kneeling soldiers behind
Operation Iraqi Freedom
The armed conflict called Operation Iraqi Freedom began with an invasion of Iraq, led primarily by the United ...
"The Rebellion" newspaper clipping
Battle of Palarm (Reconstruction)
The Battle of Palarm was a skirmish in the Reconstruction-era Brooks-Baxter War in which supporters of Joseph ...
"Cowardly attempt to rid Perry County of the presence of judge L.M. Harris" newspaper clipping
Perry County War of 1881
The Perry County War is the common name given to a brief period of violence that erupted in Perryville (Perry ...
"W. C. U. leader is sentenced to die" newspaper clipping
Polk County Draft War
The Polk County Draft War was the first of five documented episodes of armed resistance to the draft in Arkans...
White man with handlebar mustache and beard in suit and blue bow tie
Pope County Militia War
The Pope County Militia War was a conflict between the Reconstruction government of the state and county parti...
"Alleged resister of draft is shot" newspaper clipping
Searcy County Draft War
Coming on the heels of a notorious case of World War I–era draft resistance in Polk County was the less nota...
White man with hat and mustache in military uniform
Spanish-American War
On April 25, 1898, after months of discussion and negotiations concerning the revolt in Cuba, an island posses...
Engraved stone monument in flower bed with building behind it
Titan II Missile Accident (1965)
Titan II ICBM Launch Complex 373-4 near Searcy (White County) was the site of an accident on August 9, 1965, i...
Exploded underground missile silo and debris as seen from above
Titan II Missile Explosion (1980)
The Titan II Launch Complex 374-7 in Southside (Van Buren County), just north of Damascus (Van Buren and Faulk...
Steam locomotive on tracks with water tower in the background
Troop Train No. 571 Wreck of 1918
aka: Garland Troop Train Accident of 1918
A northbound St. Louis Southwestern train (No. 571) derailed on the...
white man in military regalia posing with saber
United Confederate Veterans Reunion of 1911
Little Rock (Pulaski County) hosted the twenty-first annual United Confederate Veterans Reunion on May 16–18...
Blue diamond with stars and crossed swords above blue and red text
United Confederate Veterans Reunion of 1928
The thirty-eighth annual national reunion of the United Confederate Veterans (UCV), held on May 8–11, 1928, ...