Local DAR - Arkadelphia Chapter-NSDAR

05/29/2026

Arkadelphia Chapter, NSDAR
Invitation to Attend

Two Commemorative Events
Wednesday June 10th
Arkadelphia

10AM- Remember and Honor
PFC Landon Giles and his Gold Star Family
Dedication of Tree - East Lawn
Clark County Courthouse

11AM- Liberty Tree Dedication-
American Elm symbolic of the Sons of Liberty and the 250th Anniversary of America.
City of Arkadelphia Central Park
North Tenth Street

Brief Ceremony planned for both locations.

05/28/2026

Attending? Today May 28th Deadline for RSVP’s.
Thursday, June 4 - 2pm to 4pm
Blakelytown Event Venue
701 Central Road, Arkadelphia
RSVP in comments

05/21/2026

Local Memorial Day Ceremony - 11:00 am - Monday, May 25th

Local U.S. veteran and career lawman Don Cleek will be the guest speaker at the 2026 Memorial Day ceremony, held Monday, May 25, at the courthouse gazebo located on the southeast corner of the Clark County Courthouse, 419 Clay St.

The ceremony will begin with the 11 o’clock bell tone. In the event of inclement weather the program will move to the Armory building.

Rev. Robert Davis will emcee the event. JROTC will post the colors. Meldine Ivory will lead the Pledge of Allegiance. Karen Ware will sing the National Anthem. Rev. Louis Craig will deliver the Roll Call of local veterans who have died in the past year. Rev. Davis, along with Clark County Judge Troy Tucker, will post the Memorial Wreath.

The community is encouraged to attend.

05/17/2026

05/11/2026

Cadet Anthony Bell, Arkadelphia High School Badger JROTC received the Bronze JROTC Medal from the National Defense Committee, NSDAR and presented by members from Arkadelphia Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution in an awards ceremony on May 11th. This medal is presented in recognition of a member of a high school JROTC program who exemplifies academic excellence, dependability, good character, adherence to military discipline, leadership, and patriotism. This student was chosen by the senior leadership led by Col. Parsons.
Cadet Bell is pictured with his parents and members of the local Arkadelphia DAR Chapter. Congratulations!

04/15/2026

Stan Elrod visited with the Arkadelphia Chapter, NSDAR.

Historic Preservation!
The History of the Habicht-Cohn-Crow House, Arkadelphia, Arkansas as presented by Stan Elrod. The house was built by Col. Anthony Habicht (Union Army) around 1869 and inspired by the Natchez antebellum home, The Burn. (Location 812 Pine Street)
Other owners of the home included M.M. Cohn and A. M. Crow. Descendants of the Crow family lived in the home for 100 years.

Elrod’s remarks also included the
Nearby home of William Gerig, well known engineer with projects such as the Panama Canal and Alaskan Railroad.
He married Fannie Crow and they lived to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary in their home in 1940.

Mr. Elrod currently owns both properties; operating the Habicht House as the site of an insurance agency with 7 employees and is in the process of restoring the Gerig House.

Guests included daughter, Melanie Bobo and grandson, Tyler Bobo, and friend, Kim Ward.

Regent Terry Hagood presented Elrod with a lawn flag recognizing 250th anniversary of America.

04/09/2026

Mine Creek-Paraclifta Chapter held a Liberty Tree dedication April 8th in Murfreesboro at the Pike County Courthouse. DAR Chapters represented at the dedication included Texarkana, John Cain, Arkadelphia, as well as State Recording Secretary Sharon Whitledge, and State Chaplain Carrie McGaha. Representatives of DeSoto Chapter of SAR, Pike County Judge Eddie Howard and Murfreesboro Mayor Jim O’Neal were also in attendance.

03/17/2026

America 250 historical markers in Arkansas: Coming in 2026
Bauxite AR
Arkansas Post
Daisy Bates Little Rock
Hattie Caraway Jonesboro
Buffalo National River
Old State House Museum Little Rock
First Walmart Rogers
Petit Jean State Park Morrilton
Saracen Treaty near Pine Bluff
Louisiana Purchase State Park near Brinkley
Crater of Diamonds State Park
Murfreesboro

03/16/2026

Members of Arkadelphia Chapter, NSDAR, are serving March 16th at the Clinton Presidential Library, Little Rock, AR in connection with the exhibit "American Revolution Experience." This exhibit continues through March 27th and is open Monday -Saturday from 9am to 5pm and Sundays 1pm to 5pm.

The exhibit features display panels and interactive digital kiosks that include storytelling illustrations, technology, unique artifacts, and primary accounts that connect the audience with people and places that shaped the nation's birth.