Since the invention of gunpowder, militaries of the world have utilized cannons to strike at fortifications and large enemy concentrations.

#TGIAF or thank goodness it's Artifact Friday! This week we are featuring our Vietnam War Souvenir Jacket.

One of the most popular items in the museum is a large, tandem-rotor helicopter known as the Flying Banana.

Gary Michael Rose was born in Watertown, New York, on October 17, 1947.

Lloyd Burke was born in Tichnor, Arkansas, in 1920 and spent the majority of his growing-up years around that area.

James Lamar Stone was born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas in 1922. He spent most of his childhood and high school years in Hot Springs, Arkansas, before going to the University of Arkansas.

In 1930, Herbert Littleton was born in Mena, Arkansas, to Paul N. and Lillie Maude Littleton.

During the wars of Korea and Vietnam, hundreds of Arkansas residents served overseas, and a number of them distinguished themselves sacrificially winning the Congressional Medal of Honor.