Before becoming the 42nd president and the first female major party presidential candidate, Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton were married 42 years ago in Fayetteville on October 11, 1975. 

In observance of Bill and Hillary Clinton’s 42nd wedding anniversary, the Clinton House Museum will host a celebratory open house at the couple’s first home and the site where they married. This year the museum is including a birthday celebration for Hillary Rodham Clinton, who turns 70 on October 26th. Guests are invited to drop in between 6 and 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, October 25th. Parking is available in the driveway and across the street.

The event is free to the public and will feature food, music and photos of the couple throughout the years. Birthday party activities will take place outside, with the anniversary celebration taking place inside. No RSVP necessary. 

Guests will have the opportunity to roam the First Ladies Garden and learn more about the man who would go on to serve as Arkansas' attorney general and governor before becoming president of the United States. Guests will also learn more of the history of the woman who would later serve as a U.S. senator and secretary of state before becoming the 2016 Democratic presidential candidate.

In 1997, Arkansas poet Miller Williams delivered the poem "Of  History and Hope" at the second inauguration of President Bill Clinton. In celebration of the 20th anniversary of that event, Dr. John DuVal will talk about that poem and others that highlight what made Williams a great poet. This event is the second in the newly launched Atkinson Speaker Series.

On August 16, 2017 at 6:00 Dr. Jay Barth will give a talk titled "The Future of Arkansas Politics." After a period of dramatic transformation in partisan politics and governmental institutions in Arkansas, it's time to think about the dynamics that will shape politics and government in the Natural State in the generation ahead. In this wide-ranging talk, Barth will overview his analysis of the "new normal" and additional changes to come in Arkansas's politics. This event has had a large response, so it will be held at the Fayetteville Town Center on the Fayetteville Square.

Barth's talk is the first of our newly launched Richard Atkinson Speaker Series, a program of the Clinton House Museum. 

On Thursday, June 29th the Clinton House Museum is hosting Bloom, a garden party fundraiser to support the First Ladies Garden.