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PG saw an announcement on Facebook, about a “Public Art Dedication”, in a park in SW Atlanta. He had never been to a public art dedication before, and hates to miss out.
When going to an unfamiliar neighborhood, it is a good idea to allow lots of time to find your destination. PG was cutting it close, scrambling along Cascade Road, wondering if this was the part they call the black Buckhead. Finally, Peyton Road appeared, and a parking spot was found at 12:31pm, exactly one minute after the event was to start.
The public art was a bright red metal sculpture, on a six sided brick base. The Artist said the hexagonal shape reminded him of the time he spent in the UGA law library, reading law books because of a legal matter. The title of the piece is “Yes We Can”, which a speechwriter fed to a Chicago politician once.
The MC was a lady, wearing a short skirt and knee high beige boots. There is a school next door to the park, and the students were there in abundance. The students were welcomed, and the kids who painted tiles for the base of the statue were noted.
The first speaker was City Councilman C.T. Martin. He said that Peyton Forest was the baddest school in the city. The next speaker was Mr. Webster. He was the husband of Isabel Gates Webster,the namesake of the park. Mr. Webster mentioned that he was introduced to Isabel Gates by a Divinity student named Martin Luther King Jr.
Mrs. Webster studied law, and became a civil rights lawyer. A fifth grader from the school read a story about Isabel Gates Webster. She sued the Georgia Power company, and got a $2 million settlement for some workers, who had been done wrong.
The next speaker was the guest of honor, the sculptor. PG is too slack to look up his name, but he was an art professor at the University of Georgia. Wearing a bright yellow scarf, he introduced the men who built the brick base. He was honored to make the statement that he did.
The principal of the school took the podium next, and led the students in singing “We will overcome”. This is not your daddy’s “We will overcome”. It is modernized, with several breaks for call and response raps. ” Lay down your knives and your guns. Everyone here is going to have some fun”. ( That is not an exact quote).
A catered reception was planned for the school, but PG had enough fun by this point. A few pictures of the public art, and it was back to Chamblee.