MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History
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The MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History, named for General Douglas MacArthur who was born in what is now the museum when it was military barracks is located in the Tower Building of the Little Rock Arsenal in Little Rock, Arkansas.[1] The museum opened in May 2001 and as of 2018 had been visited by more than 500,000 people.[2] It is operated by the Little Rock Department of Parks and Recreation and tells the stories of Arkansas' soldiers from the Civil War through Vietnam via artifacts, photographs, weapons and other ephemera.[3][4] One of its galleries is focused on the Battle of Little Rock.[5]
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- ^ "MacArthur Museum Interviews Vietnam Veteran | City of Little Rock". www.littlerock.gov. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
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