For close to 88 years, one of the oldest landmarks in Jonesboro, the mortar and stone arch at the entrance to the Veterans of Foreign Wars hall on East Main Street in Jonesboro has stood as a proud symbol of parish pride. Not anymore!

That is because on Tuesday morning, the driver of a box truck inexplicably decided to attempt to go under the arch only to have the front of the trailer portion of the truck plow into the arch and bring it down. 

“I don’t know what he was thinking but today we lost a piece of history,” said VFW member Don LaBlanc. 

The arch that was completely destroyed was built around 1936 by members of the Civilian Conservation Corp to mark the entrance to CCC Camp Colvin, which was named for A.H. Colvin Sr. who was instrumental in securing the land for the camp in the early 1930’s.