Christ of the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program to speak to Arkadelphia Rotary, May 8

The Arkadelphia Rotary Club will meet Friday, May 8, 2015, at Western Sizzlin, 106 WP Malone Drive, for its weekly meeting. Mr. Mark Christ of the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program has been invited to serve as guest speaker. Rotarians and guests are invited to attend. For more information on the guest speaker, please read his brief biography below. 

Mark Christ is the Community Outreach Director for the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program, an agency of the Department of Arkansas Heritage. 

Christ also currently serves on the Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission and is an award winning author and editor of numerous books about the Civil War in Arkansas. One of his works, "Getting Used to Being Shot At: The Spence Family Civil War Letters," focuses on the war time experiences of a family in Arkadelphia and two sons serving in the Confederate Army. 

Christ will be speaking about Elkin's Ferry and ongoing acquisition and preservation efforts for the property in Clark County. A graduate of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and the University of Oklahoma, Christ lives in Little Rock with his wife and children.