Editing Fort Smith, Arkansas (section)

==Sister cities==
Fort Smith has a sister city relationship with [[Cisterna di Latina|Cisterna di Latina, Italy]], site of the [[World War II]] [[Battle of Cisterna]], fought by [[United States Army Rangers]] commanded by Fort Smith native [[William Orlando Darby]]. The city also has a mutual friendship-city relationship with [[Jining|Jining, China]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://5newsonline.com/2012/10/01/fort-smith-becomes-sister-city-with-jining-china/ |title=Fort Smith to Become Sister City with Jining, China |last=Cooke |first=Mallory |date=October 1, 2012 |website=5newsonline.com |publisher=KFSM-TV |access-date=January 3, 2018 |quote=The city of Fort Smith plans to become a sister city with Jining, China.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://talkbusiness.net/2012/10/jining-fort-smith-officials-celebrate-friendship-status/ |title=Jining, Fort Smith officials celebrate 'friendship' status |collaboration=''The City Wire'' staff |date=October 4, 2012 |website=Talk Business & Politics |publisher=Natural State Media |access-date=January 3, 2018 |quote=Wu Jiwen, vice-mayor for the city of Jining, China, led a nine-member delegation in…a "memorandum of understanding" that Jining and Fort Smith will be known as "friendship cities" moving forward.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fsro.net/?m=201210 |title=Dr. Kris Gast Attends Fort Smith and Jining, China Meeting |last=Gast |first=Kris |date=October 5, 2012 |website=Fort Smith Radiation Oncology |publisher=Old Fort Software |access-date=January 3, 2018 |quote=The Fort Smith Board of Directors and the Jining Delegation held a gift exchange meeting and closed with a ribbon unification ceremony symbolizing Fort Smith and Jining as friendship cities.}}</ref>

* {{flagdeco|Italy}} [[Cisterna di Latina]], Italy – 1983<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lovett |first1=John |title=Cisterna, Fort Smith sister city ties on the mend |url=https://www.swtimes.com/news/20190901/cisterna-fort-smith-sister-city-ties-on-mend |access-date=February 15, 2021 |work=Southwest Times Record |date=September 1, 2019 |archive-date=March 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210305154526/https://www.swtimes.com/news/20190901/cisterna-fort-smith-sister-city-ties-on-mend |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* {{flagdeco|PRC}} [[Jining]], [[Shandong]], China