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El Dorado Days 2018 Schedule of Events

El Dorado Days  ‘Back in the Day’ Sunday – July 1 3:00 p.m. Memorial Service St. James Baptist Church 9:00 p.m. Meet & Greet / T-Shirts Hot Spot Mooney Man, DJ Monday – July 2 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. Museum Tour Nile & Marzell Smith Museum of African American History 9:00 p.m. Hot Spot Mooney Man, DJ Tuesday – July 3 6:00 – 6:30

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El Dorado Days 2018

El Dorado Days July 1 – 4, 2018 ‘Back in the Day’ Welcome back to celebrate, reunite and reminisce ‘Back in the Day’ when WHS won state championships in both football and basketball; when the marching band and choir won honors at the state competitions and for the younger crowd from EHS when back-to-back football championships were won! We will begin with the Memorial

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Museum Schedule of Events: Saturday, July 5

Washington High School Class of 1968 Please join the family of the late Mr. and Mrs. Nile Smith, Sr., the Board of Directors, the Friends of the South Arkansas African American Museum and Washington High School Class of 1968 as we celebrate–commemorate–and rededicate the museum (our legacy) during the El Dorado Days Reunnion.   July 5, 2014 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m..    

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WHS Class of 1964 50th Reunion Itinerary

Thursday, July 3rd  5:00 – 9:00           Meet & Greet – First Baptist Church Friday, July 4th    10:30 – 1:00           Brunch/Program – Applebee’s Saturday, July 5th  10:00 – 11:00         South Arkansas African American Historical Society Dedication Program at First Baptist Church Saturday, July 5th  11:00          

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South Arkansas African American Historical Society

South Arkansas African American Historical Society (SAAAHS) will hold a dedication program on Saturday, July 5, at First Baptist Church, 620 Cordel Street.  The program will begin at 11:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m.  Following the program, Washington High School Class of 1968 will sponsor a brunch.  A tour of the museum will follow. SAAHS is now online.  The email address is mwsmuseum@att.net.  The Facebook

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