Historic Washington State Park Constitution Road Trip with Frontier Days

Historic Washington State Park Constitution Road Trip with Frontier Days
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Arkansas State Archives
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Starting
Sep 21, 09:00AM
Ending
Sep 21, 04:00PM
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Location
409 Franklin St., Washington, Arkansas, US
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Julienne Crawford

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In honor the 150th anniversary of the 1874 Arkansas State Constitution, the Arkansas State Archives will original pages of the 1874 Constitution to communities across the state on a Constitution Road Trip in September and October 2024. The exhibit will give visitors a front-row view of Arkansas’s changing history through its primary legal document. This is a rare opportunity to see up close the document that shaped Arkansas.

Constitutions, federal and state alike, establish fundamental principles that prescribe the nature, functions and limits of government. Arkansas has embraced five constitutions since 1836. Each coincided with a change in the state’s political status: statehood in 1836, joining the Confederate States of America during the Civil War in 1861, returning to the Union near the end of the Civil War in 1864, Reconstruction in 1868 and reaction to Reconstruction in 1874. The 1874 document, amended over 100 times, remains the foundation of the Arkansas code. The Arkansas State Archives preserves the original engrossed copies of all five constitutions on behalf of the Arkansas Secretary of State’s office.

Meeting Place: Washington State Park, 1874 Courthouse
Hours: 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Admission: Adults $10.00, Children $6.00

Learn about the early settlement of the area in the 1820s and 1830s and hear about the beginning of the town of Washington. Take a tour of town and learn about some of the early settlers of town and what brought them to southwest Arkansas. For more information, contact the Washington State Park at 870-983-2684  

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