Make a lunch date with somebody special for Thursday at noon. Downtown Fort Smith. Riverfront — right next to Harry E. Kelley Park.

ABF Freight System is hauling home the heart of the U.S. Marshals Museum.

Right now the site is dirt — with a pretty sign designating the property as home to the U.S. Marshals Museum. In about a year — maybe more — the museum should be ready to break ground. A grand opening is a few years away, but this coming Thursday is yet another leg of a long, long journey toward bringing the national museum home to Fort Smith, Arkansas.

Ya’ll come down and celebrate for a few minutes this week. Whoop and holler. Hug and cheer. And keep dreaming big for our home town.

Artifacts to be delivered to Fort Smith for marshals museum