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Hope, Arkansas: Funeral Home Birthplace of Bill Clinton

Before the funeral home was here, the property was the site of Julia Chester Hospital, where Bill Clinton was born in 1946. A plaque on a granite block next to a flag pole on the front lawn marks the spot.

Brazzel Oakrest Funeral Home

Address:
1001 S. Main St., Hope, AR
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Funeral Home/Clinton Birthplace monument.

Funeral Home Birthplace of Bill Clinton

The funeral home-bill clinton birthplace plaque is clean! It's by the flagpole.

[Liz, 07/12/2015]

Funeral Home monument for Bill Clinton.

Funeral Home Birthplace of Bill Clinton

The site of the hospital in which President Clinton was born in is now a funeral home in Hope, Arkansas.

[Tim Bash, 03/26/2014]

Bill Clinton was born in Hope's Julia Chester County Hospital on August 19, 1946 (his name was William Jefferson Blythe III, after his father, who passed away before Bill was born). The hospital was later demolished and a funeral home was built on the site. A flag pole and monument notes its important role in history.

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