Huzzah! Let’s celebrate our country’s 250th birthday!
The society’s summer 2026 Town Hall exhibit will do just that!
Come see photographs, art, maps and stories from the time that document what was happening here (Spanish Tejas) and there (Philadelphia) at the time of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
The exhibit runs Mon., June 29 to Sat., Aug. 29.
Hours: Mon.-Thurs. 10 a.m.- 8 p.m., Fri.-Sat. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Closed Sun.
In the meantime, a little local history lesson.
In July 1975, the city council approved its first city park on a 10-acre site at White Chapel north of FM1709. Plans included a community center, swimming pool, tennis courts, two baseball diamonds, a soccer and football field, playground and picnic areas estimated to cost $500,000.
“The council already had allocated its 1975 revenue sharing funds for the park,” a reporter wrote in a July 7, 1975 Fort Worth Star Telegram article, “and will include the park board in its 1976 budget for the first time.” On July 4, 1976, the park was dedicated and named Bicentennial to commemorate the 200th birthday of the United States.