PEA RIDGE NATIONAL MILITARY PARK

— Beginning Sunday, July 15, the Pea Ridge National Military Park Visitor Center will be open from 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. seven days a week. The park grounds will remain open from 6 a.m. - 9 p.m. during summer hours and visitors may drive the tour road during those times.

Pea Ridge National Military Park preserves the site of and commemorates the March 1862 Civil War battle that helped Union forces gain control of Missouri.

The park is located 10 miles north of Rogers on U.S. Highway 62.

Admission is $5 per person or $10 per vehicle.

Community, Pages 12 on 07/18/2012