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Unveiling Set for Labor Legacy Monument, August 28 in Detroit

Unveiling Set for Labor Legacy Monument, August 28 in Detroit

    DETROIT, Aug. 24 The design for a major new work of art
for downtown Detroit will be unveiled at ceremonies at 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday,
August 28, in front of Hart Plaza on Jefferson Avenue.
    The Labor Legacy Landmark, planned to honor the working women and men who
built Detroit and to project labor's vision for the future, is a gift of metro
Detroit's labor movement to the people of the city on the occasion of
Detroit's 300th birthday.
    A jury of five prominent representatives of the arts and labor communities
picked the winning design in a months-long, blind competition among artists
and sculptors from throughout the U.S.
    Michigan sculptors David Barr and Sergio DeGiusti, who collaborated in
designing the winning model, will unveil their design on West Jefferson
between the main entrance to Hart Plaza and the UAW-Ford National Programs
Center in the former Veterans' Memorial Building, the site designated by the
Detroit Recreation Department for construction of the monument, at 11:30 a.m.
sharp.
    Gerald Bantom, president of the Michigan Labor Legacy Project; Donald
Boggs, secretary-treasurer, and Ken Terry, trustee, will also participate,
along with consulting architect Charles Merz.  The U.S. Postal Service will
have a special cancellation for the day at the site.
    The unveiling takes place immediately before the annual Labor Day
Mobilization Luncheon in Cobo Hall, where some 500 union activists from
throughout the metro area will gather to hear the winning artists and other
speakers.  The unveiling ceremony is free; tickets for the luncheon are
available by calling 313-961-0800.

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