Grand Prairie Liberty Bell Replica DAR Monument -- Grand Prairie, TX, USA
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N 32° 44.779 W 097° 00.432
14S E 686705 N 3624920
A VERY WORDY DAR monument in the northwest corner of this Liberty Bell plaza lists everyone who was part of making this memorial a reality, and, in the case of the DAR members, their Revolutionary Era ancestors.
Waymark Code: WM182R6
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 05/18/2023
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Crazy4horses
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This DAR monument is located at the small plaza holding a display of a replica Liberty Bell, which was installed here for the Bicentennial of the US, and was dedicated in 1976.

Grand Prairie City Hall is located at 300 W Main Street in Grand Prairie. The Liberty Bell replica is located on the west side of City Hall, along NW 4th Street.

This is the most text-heavy DAR Monument we have ever seen. The ladies got their money's worth.

There is so much text here, it won't all fit in the space provided, so I have done my best to represent the plaque, without blowing past my text limit.
DAR Chapter: Texas Bluebonnet Chapter

Date Placed: 01/01/1975

Inscription:
[DAR MEDALLION] DEDICATED JANUARY 1975 [US BICENTENNIAL LOGO]

THE PEOPLE OF GRAND PRAIRIE DEDICATE THIS REPLICA OF THE LIBERTY BELL TO ALL WHO SACRIFICE FOR THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM.

WE ACKNOWLEDGE WITH GRATITUDE THE SUPPORT OF THE CITIZENS WHOSE DEDICATED WORK AND CONTRIBUTIONS MADE THIS MEMORIAL POSSIBLE, WITH OFFICIAL RECOGNITION TO:

CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE WHICH PROVIDED THE SITE AND HOUSING FOR THE BELL
THE TEXAS BLUEBONNET CHAPTER DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
THE LIBERTY BELL STEERING COMMITTEE WHOSE DEVOTED WORK RAISED THE FUNDS FOR THE BELL
Marshall Warder, architect
Classic Chemical
Grand Prairie Daily News
Grand Prairie Urbanite
Mr. and Mrs. Curtis L. Bruner
Debbie Lewis
The students of the Grand Prairie schools

[Long list of 41 names of other people, community organizations, service clubs, fraternal and masonic lodges, local businesses, church ministries, scout groups]

THE PROJECT WAS CONCEIVED AND SPONSORED BY THE MEMBERS OF THE TEXAS BLUEBONNET CHAPTER DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, IN MEMORY OF THEIR REVOLUTIONARY WAR ANCESTORS:

[list of 36 patriot names with ranks and states]

MANY OF WHOM SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES AND FORTUNES FOR OUR COUNTRY.



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