Let’s celebrate our country’s 250th!
The society’s summer 2026 Town Hall exhibit will document what was happening in now-Southlake and now-Texas (New Spain) at the time of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. The exhibit will include maps, artists’ renderings and stories from the time and will run July-August. Check back soon for exact dates and times.
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.