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Fort Smith Veterans Day Float Stolen Ahead Of Veterans Day Parade

FORT SMITH (KFSM)- The Fort Smith Museum of History will not be participating in this year’s Veterans Day Parade at Chaffee Crossing on Nov. 8 after its p...
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FORT SMITH (KFSM)- The Fort Smith Museum of History will not be participating in this year’s Veterans Day Parade at Chaffee Crossing on Nov. 8 after its parade float was stolen last week, according to a press release from the museum.

Leisa Gramlich, the museum’s executive director, said the trailer, which the museum uses for floats in the Veterans Day and Christmas Parades, was stolen Oct. 29 from a warehouse on Wheeler Avenue. A museum board member had started decorating the float that morning and when he came back later that afternoon, the trailer was gone, Gramlich said.

The trailer was stored under a carport and locked behind a gate with a heavy-duty lock and chain. Gramlich said, the lock and chain were missing and the gate was wide open when the board member came back to an empty carport.

According to Gramlich, the float trailer was worth about $6,000 to $8,000, in addition to the money spent on decorations for the Veterans Day Parade.

The museum reported the theft to Fort Smith Police, Gramlich said. If you have any information about this case you can call police at: (479) 785-4221.

The museum is also taking donations to buy a new trailer.

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