This is one of many patriotic postcards published in the first decade of the 1900s ... of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's "Postcard Past" feature and author of 20 Arkansas history books.

On Nov. 27, 1900, construction officially began on the Arkansas State Capitol, a project that would take nearly 15 years to complete, according to the Encyclopedia of Arkansas.

The mind once enlightened can never again become dark,” wrote Thomas Paine generations ago. Progress in education has been an important feature of the development of the United States as it steadily ...

And all that is left of her solider boy true, are his sword and his cap and the red, white and blue.” This is one of many patriotic postcards published in the first decade of the 1900s.