FEBRUARY HAPPENINGS
EVENTS
Museum Exhibit Celebrates 50th Anniversary
Fifty from Fifty, an exhibit celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History, opened Monday, Feb. 5. The exhibit will feature artifacts acquired during each of the Shiloh Museum fifty years, from 1968-2018. Among the items featured are a "Whites Only" waiting room door from the Springdale train depot, folklorist Vance Randolph's derringer pistol, and a handmade wooden crutch from Newton County. Fifty from Fifty will be on display through Jan. 12, 2019.
George Washington Carver
Curtis Gregory, park ranger at George Washington Carver National Monument, will discuss the life and work of scientist, educator and humanitarian George Washington Carver at 12 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 21.
World War I Draft Resistance
Blake Perkins, author of Hillbilly Hellraisers: Federal Power and Populist Defiance in the Ozarks, will present a program entitled, "Ain't Servin' Them Rich, Silk-Hatted Fellers: World War I Draft Resistance in the Ozarks," at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 24. A native of the Arkansas Ozarks, Perkins is an assistant professor of history at Williams Baptist College.
MEETINGS AT THE MUSEUM
Civil War Roundtable
The Northwest Arkansas Civil War Roundtable will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 22.
Ozark Wireless Society
The Ozark Wireless Society will meet at 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 24.
Museum Location
All meetings and events are held at the Shiloh Museum, located at 118 W. Johnson Avenue in downtown Springdale. For more information, call 479-750-8165 or visit www.shilohmuseum.org.
Community on 02/21/2018