Diamond Jubilee - Oklahoma City, OK - Community Commemoration on Waymarking.com

The monument is further engraved "Dedicated to the people of the State of Oklahoma by the Diamond Jubilee Commission October 2, 1982"

Throughout the year 1982, numerous events and celebrations occurred. The Oklahoma Historical Society website describes a few of them:

"Some of the 1,466 approved Diamond Jubilee projects included bronze sculptures of the twenty-one Oklahoma governors by sculptor Leonard D. McMurray, a Diamond Jubilee marker on the State Capitol grounds, a Diamond Jubilee state quilt, and a music record album, entitled Oklahoma Country, by Oklahoma artists. Like the 1957 Semicentennial of Statehood, Oklahomans held art exhibits, western days, rodeos, parades, festivals, and powwows. Public and school libraries sponsored reading programs. Projects also included the publication of county and regional histories, cookbooks with pioneer recipes, and oral histories. The state legislature approved funding for preservation and restoration of state-owned historic sites and museums. The Oklahoma City Regional Fashion Group worked on a project to collect and display the former Oklahoma First Ladies' inaugural gowns..."

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