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Written By: Rachel Putman
The Drennen-Scott Historic Site will celebrate Arkansas鈥� 190th birthday on June 13 with a free, family-friendly event featuring live music, historical interpretation, and a cannon salute.
The celebration will begin at 11 a.m. with a performance of 鈥淭he Arkansaw Traveler鈥� by fiddler Ernie Hill. A brief program exploring the tune鈥檚 connections to the Drennen-Scott Historic Site will follow.
At 11:30 a.m., visitors can attend a cannon salute honoring Arkansas, which became the nation鈥檚 25th state on June 15, 1836.
The event鈥檚 featured presentation, 鈥淛ohn Drennen in the Context of Statehood,鈥� will begin at 12:30 p.m. and be presented by Tom Wing, assistant professor of history at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith.
鈥淲hile we are all caught up in the 250th birthday of the United States, our own Arkansas celebrates it's 190th this year,鈥� Wing said. 鈥淪ince John Drennen represented the people of Crawford County (then Fort Smith and Van Buren) by voting yea to statehood, it is fitting and proper to have a party for the 25th state at his house.鈥�
Cookies and lemonade will be served throughout the celebration. The event will conclude at 2 p.m.
The Drennen-Scott Historic Site is located at 221 N. Fifth St. in Fort Smith.