Free outdoor event for all ages in downtown Fort Smith Special programs and weapons demonstrations at NHS grounds & Visitor Center Free museum entrance, food trucks, & family events at Fort Smith Museum of History Special guest speakers, flag raising ceremony, and meet & greet veterans & survivors A collaboration of the Fort Smith Museum of History, Fort Smith National Historic Site, Miss Laura's Brothel Museum, and Chaffee Crossing Barbershop Museum Part of AR250 - celebra

February 16, 2026 -- Washington Cemetery -- Fort Smith, AR Six inches of snow stood there just three weeks before, but on the third Monday in February - Daisy Gaston Bates Day in Arkansas - the weather at Fort Smith's Washington Cemetery was 70° with a cool breeze and bright sunshine all day. We sometimes venture beyond our building downtown to see how folks in our region - Arkansas's Sebastian, Crawford, and Franklin Counties and Oklahoma's Sequoyah and Le Flore counties

Merry Christmas Fort Smith! December 24th and December 25th are two of the most distinctive days in the history of Fort Smith. Laid out...