A really quick weekend in Hot Springs & Little Rock

A really quick weekend in Hot Springs & Little Rock

We met up with two of our favorite family members and enjoyed a quick weekend in Hot Springs and Little Rock Arkansas. 

Hot Springs is the eleventh-largest city in Arkansas. The city is located in the Ouachita Mountains, and is set among several natural hot springs for which the city is named. The hot spring water has been popularly believed for centuries to possess medicinal properties, and was a subject of legend among several Native American tribes. Following federal protection in 1832, the city developed into a successful spa town. Incorporated January 10, 1851, the city has been home to Major League Baseball spring training, illegal gambling, speakeasies and gangsters such as Al Capone, horse racing at Oaklawn Park, the Army and Navy Hospital, and the 42nd President Bill Clinton.

 Hot Springs National Park is maintained by the National Park Service, including Bathhouse Row, which preserves the eight historic bathhouse buildings and gardens along Central Avenue

MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History was an additional target that we visited.

The MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History was created to interpret our state's military heritage from its territorial period to the present.  Located in the historic Tower Building of the Little Rock Arsenal--the birthplace of General Douglas MacArthur--the museum preserves the contributions of Arkansas men and women who served in the armed forces.  Exhibits feature artifacts, photographs, weapons, documents, uniforms and other military items that vividly portray Arkansas's military history at home and abroad.

 

 

 

 

 

Little Rock   is the capital and most populous city of Arkansas. With limited time, we focused on the Clinton Presidential Library, and the Little Rock Arsenal.

The William J. Clinton Presidential Center and Park is the presidential library of Bill Clinton, the 42nd President of the United States (1993–2001). It is located in Little Rock, Arkansas and includes the Clinton Presidential Library, the offices of the Clinton Foundation, and the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service. It is the thirteenth presidential library to have been completed in the United States, the eleventh to be operated by the National Archives and Records Administration and the third to comply with the Presidential Records Act of 1978.

The library is situated on 17 acres of land located next to the Arkansas River.  The main building cantilevers over the Arkansas River, echoing Clinton's campaign promise of "building a bridge to the 21st century".  The archives contain 2 million photographs, 80 million pages of documents, 21 million e-mail messages, and 79,000 artifacts from the Clinton presidency. The Clinton Library is funded  from 112,000 private donations.  The museum showcases artifacts from Clinton's two terms as president and includes full-scale replicas of the Clinton-era Oval Office and Cabinet Room^.   We completely enjoyed visiting President Clinton’s Library!

Out side of the Library is a Memorial to Anne Frank

The Chapel at Garvan Woodland Gardens was also a target for our visit.  This Chapel is a place for simple religious services, cultural events, and quiet meditation amidst the forested setting of the botanical gardens. From the native stone base, the wood structure rises fifty-seven feet to form a canopy over the worship space that seats up to 200 people. The wood columns branch, forming a lattice of ‘limbs’ overhead reminiscent of English Gothic fan vaulting.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

More coming soon  😊

Jan 🌷🌷🐾🐾