Here’s another event to put on your calendar, see the message below from Cody Faber at the Fort Smith Historic Site. I will be happy to serve as the contact for this event and will compile a list of those who can participate and what you can bring. Please email me at, steveleesmith@hotmail.com. I’ve already hit them with a couple questions, like trailer parking and food availability, and will pass along additional info I get. Let me know if you have any questions for the host. I think this will be a great opportunity and important event for our chapter. Let’s put together a good display for the 250th celebration.
Steve Smith
From Cody:
Hello Steve!
We are celebrating America’s 250th and we are trying to get together as many military units and vehicles as possible. With you in the Military Vehicle Preservation Association, I would LOVE it if you would consider joining us! Here’s the overview below:
On April 25th, 2026, Fort Smith will be hosting its America 250th Celebration as part of Fort Smith Darby Days. The event honors veterans past and present and includes the General William Darby 5K run the following day. From 10-3 on Saturday the 25th, Fort Smith National Historic Site will be showcasing a military timeline, from Revolutionary War to modern, active-duty military, military encampments, living history and historic weapons demonstrations. At 10am there will be a series of speakers including our Keynote Speaker, Lydia Klimuk, a Holocaust Survivor, and a flag raising ceremony on the park’s 100 foot tall, garrison flagpole. At 11am there will be an area where you can meet and greet with veterans as far back as WWII and Holocaust survivors. And at 12pm and 2pm there will be historic weapons demonstrations. At 1pm in the park’s visitor center, Miss Laura’s Brothel Museum will be offering a program entitled ‘Services for Service Men: The Untold History of Women’s Roles in War Time’. We will be partnering with the Chaffee Crossing Barbershop Museum, Miss Laura’s Brothel Museum and the Fort Smith Museum of History that will have food trucks, family activities and free entrance to their museum. All day there will be living history and military encampments! The program is free to the public.
