Military History

Visit the military barbershop where Elvis Presley received his infamous, "haircut heard around the world," after being drafted into the U.S. Army, tour the Vietnam Veterans Museum, browse the largest collection of Fort Chaffee artifacts at the Museum of Chaffee History, and more at Chaffee Crossing Historic District. Walk where Spanish and Civil War soldiers once drilled on the grounds of the Fort Smith National Historic Site. Explore the boyhood home of local war hero, General William O. Darby, who is credited as the founder of the modern-day Army Rangers. And visit the final resting places of true American Heroes, both present at past, at the Fort Smith National Cemetery and historic Oak Cemetery.