Arkansas City, Ark. – April 24, 2026 – The Arkansas Governor’s Office recently proclaimed today as The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 Remembrance Day.
The Friends of John H. Johnson Museum and the American Red Cross of Arkansas will observe the Flood of 1927 Remembrance Day with a presentation, and also share flood preparedness and natural disasters tips to kindergarteners and first and second grade students at McGehee and Eudora Elementary schools in Desha and Chicot counties in the Delta region.
During the 1927 Flood, Johnny Johnson, who would later grow up to become John H. Johnson, was a nine-year-old boy and lived with his mother and Arkansas City residents on top of the Arkansas Levee during the flood…