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MEDIA ADVISORY: Military Vehicle Convoy Making Stop in Little Rock
Seal of Little Rock
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE :
Tuesday, Sep 29, 2015

Media Release

City of Little Rock Public Relations (501) 371-6801

Stephan McAteer, MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History | 501 376 4602

 

WHAT:       Historic military vehicle convoy at MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History

                       

WHO:        MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History and Little Rock Parks and Recreation

                       

WHERE:     MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History

                 503 East 9th St.

                 Little Rock, AR 72202

 

WHEN:      Noon – 2 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 30

                       

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.  –  More than 60 vintage military vehicles on a cross-country convoy will be stopping in Little Rock on Wednesday, Sept. 30. The Military Vehicle Preservation Association is retracing the route of the 1920 Transcontinental Motor Convoy, which also stopped in Little Rock during its 3,300-mile journey from Washington, D.C., to San Diego.

 

While the convoy is in Little Rock, vintage vehicles will be on display at the south end of MacArthur Park, along with vehicles from the Arkansas Military Vehicle Preservation Association.  

 

The convoy is expected to arrive around noon.

 

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