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Arkansas State Parks Trip Ideas

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  • Historic Washington State Park

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  • [X] Southwest

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Author

  • Waymon Cox
  • Arkansas State Parks Staff
  • Monika Rued
  • Meg Matthews
  • Chris Adams
  • Tayler Markham
  • Zoie Clift
  • Heather Runyan
  • Sarah Reap
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  • Kelly Farrell
  • Kristina Root
  • Leita Spears
  • Maggie Howard
  • Mary Buchman
  • Matt Manos
  • Megan Ayres Moore
  • Rachel Lewis
  • Robin Gabe
  • Sasha Bowles
  • Shelley Flanary
  • Tara Gillanders
  • [X] Josh Williams

Date Published

  • July 2020

Video: Reading of the Declaration of Independence

Jul 2020
  ⁄  
Josh Williams

In the 19th century, in many towns across the U.S., one of the common things done on the 4th of July was to hold a reading of the Declaration of Independence. It was a regular tradition here in Washington, Arkansas. We continue that same tradition today at Historic Washington State Park by reading the declaration and remembering the founding of our nation, the United...

Josh Williams dressed in period wear reading the Declaration of Independence
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