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The allocation, approved by the state legislature, comes in the form of a one-time distribution of restricted reserve funds to the state Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism.
Resolution to recognize Eaker AFB nationally passes in Senate
Bill to designate national Cold War center By Monae Stevens | February 25, 2021 at 6:55 PM CST - Updated February 25 at 7:52 PM
The alert base in Mississippi County was the only publicly accessible and fully intact Alert 7 Facility and Weapons Storage Facility in the United States.
Senator Wallace says it will help people near and far understand Blytheville’s significant role in the Cold War.
“It’s history,” Senator Wallace said. “We don’t realize, but at one time, and I’m glad I didn’t know this when I was younger, we were number nine or number ten on the nuclear target list for the Soviet Union there on Blytheville Air Force Base because of the said base that was there.”
Bill introduced to designate Blytheville museum as National Cold War Center
Bill introduced to designate Blytheville museum as National Cold War Center
Efforts to create a
Cold War museum at the former
Eaker Air Force Base in Blytheville got a boost this week with legislation introduced by Arkansas’s senators to designate it as the
National Cold War Center.
As written, the bill doesn’t provide specific federal support, but said it is intended to ensure preservation of the museum’s collection and “provide and support a facility for the 17 public display of the artifacts, photographs, and personal histories of the Cold War years.”