Clinton home birthplace added to National Parks holdings

If you're like many RVers who have a National Park Service "passport" book, you'll soon have a new stamp to acquire: After the turn of the year, the Service takes over the childhood home of President Bill Clinton. The modest home in Hope, Arkansas will hold the formal title, President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site.

The Clinton Birthplace, at 117 S. Hervey Street. in Hope, Arkansas, is a 2 ½ story American four-square home. The President's grandparents owned the home from 1938 until the mid-1950s. The future president called it home from his birth until he was age 4, but the place centered in his life for as long as his grandparents owned the home.

While the Park Service will take over official operations of the new National Historic Site in January, a formal dedication will happen sometime in Spring.

Photos: Clinton home, clintonbirthplace.org; Clinton at age 4, photographs of the White House Photograph Office (Clinton Administration