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Our Constitutions (Part 2)

Old State House Museum - Wednesday, November 13, 2019
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From the moment that the first shots were fired on Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861, secession was in the wind, and it would come to Arkansas. But at first, Arkansans were not of one mind on th ... Read More


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