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Independence Day Activities
Friday, July 04, 2025 - Saturday, July 05, 2025
/ 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Come celebrate Independence Day at Historic Washington State Park! There will be a variety of unique patriotic, family-friendly activities available such as: festive surrey rides, candle and weaving…
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The Washington Evening News - 1832
Friday, July 04, 2025
/ 9:30 a.m. - 10 a.m.
Travel back to 1832 for this live radio show
featuring bumbling news anchors reporting from Washington, Arkansas Territory.
Using real historical events as today's headlines, join…
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The Reading and Signing of the Declaration of Independence
Friday, July 04, 2025 - Sunday, July 06, 2025
/ 10:30 a.m. - 11 a.m.
Hear
the Declaration of Independence read, as was commonly done in the 19th century, at the 1874 Courthouse. Afterwards, sign your own "John Hancock" to a copy of the Declaration that you may take…
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The Washington Evening News - 1832
Friday, July 04, 2025
/ 11:30 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Travel back to 1832 for this live radio show
featuring bumbling news anchors reporting from Washington, Arkansas Territory.
Using real historical events as today's headlines, join…
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The Reading and Signing of the Declaration of Independence
Friday, July 04, 2025 - Sunday, July 06, 2025
/ 1:30 p.m. - 2 p.m.
Hear
the Declaration of Independence read, as was commonly done in the 19th century, at the 1874 Courthouse. Afterwards, sign your own "John Hancock" to a copy of the Declaration that you may take…
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The Washington Evening News - 1832
Friday, July 04, 2025
/ 2:30 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Travel back to 1832 for this live radio show
featuring bumbling news anchors reporting from Washington, Arkansas Territory.
Using real historical events as today's headlines, join…
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The Reading and Signing of the Declaration of Independence
Friday, July 04, 2025 - Sunday, July 06, 2025
/ 3:30 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Hear
the Declaration of Independence read, as was commonly done in the 19th century, at the 1874 Courthouse. Afterwards, sign your own "John Hancock" to a copy of the Declaration that you may take…
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19th Annual Red River Heritage Symposium Teachers & Researchers Workshop "Trail of Tears in the Red River Region"
Friday, July 25, 2025
/ 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
We are offering an all-day teacher and researcher workshop in conjunction with the 19th Annual Red River Heritage Symposium. This workshop will take place on Friday,
July 25 with a morning program on…
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19th Annual Red River Heritage Symposium Teachers & Researchers Workshop "Trail of Tears in the Red River Region"
Saturday, July 26, 2025
/ 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
We are offering an all-day teacher and researcher workshop in conjunction with the 19th Annual Red River Heritage Symposium. This workshop will take place on Friday,
July 25 with a morning program on…
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19th Annual Red River Heritage Symposium "Trail of Tears in the Red River Region"
Saturday, July 26, 2025
/ 1 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Historic Washington State Park will
host the 19th Annual Red River Heritage Symposium on Saturday, July 26, from 1
p.m. to 5 p.m. This year’s theme
is “Trail of Tears in the Red River Region” and…
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Trial by Jury Dinner
Saturday, August 30, 2025
/ 6 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Have you ever
wondered what it was like to sit in a courtroom over 150 years ago? Now’s your
chance! Join us for a unique re-enactment of a Washington, Arkansas, court
case from 1856: Illness
and…
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Frontier Days
Friday, September 19, 2025 - Saturday, September 20, 2025
/ 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
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 discover what some of the early settlers here…
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