ARKANSAS SIGHTSEEING

ARKANSAS SIGHTSEEING: Walnut Ridge celebrates its brush with The Beatles 59 years ago with music, car show, memories

September 12, 2023 at 7:22 a.m.

by Jack Schnedler

Photos portray The Beatles, who landed at Walnut Ridge's airport 59 years ago. (Special to the Democrat-Gazette/Marcia Schnedler)
Photos portray The Beatles, who landed at Walnut Ridge's airport 59 years ago. (Special to the Democrat-Gazette/Marcia Schnedler)


WALNUT RIDGE -- It was around 10 p.m. Sept. 18, 1964, when the owner of the Polar Freeze diner heard a large plane approaching to land at Walnut Ridge Regional Airport.

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