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Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission, Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Historical Markers, Ephraim Sharp, Sharp County, Sharp County Historical Society
LITTLE ROCK—The Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission has approved an application for an Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Historical Marker in Sharp County, ACWSC Chairman Tom Dupree announced today.
The approved marker is sponsored by the Sharp County Historical Society and will commemorate Unionist Ephraim Sharp and the Civil War in Sharp County. It will be located on the corner of West Main and Court streets in Evening Shade.
Through the Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Historical Marker Program, the ACWSC works with local partners to help tell the stories of how the Civil War affected communities around the state. The Commission hopes that there will be at least one marker in each of the state’s 75 counties by the end of the commemoration in 2015. Counties that currently do not have Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Historical Markers are Howard and Polk.
To date, 134 markers in 73 counties have been approved. Marker applications are available at http://www.arkansascivilwar150.com/historical-markers/markers.aspx.
For more information on sesquicentennial plans, visit http://www.arkansascivilwar150.com or e-mail acwsc@arkansasheritage.org.
The Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission is housed within the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program. The AHPP is the Department of Arkansas Heritage agency responsible for identifying, evaluating, registering and preserving the state’s cultural resources. Other agencies are the Arkansas Arts Council, the Delta Cultural Center in Helena, the Old State House Museum, the Mosaic Templars Cultural Center, the Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission and the Historic Arkansas Museum.