WHERE IN AMERICA ARE YOU?
by Randy Karr

In the city you are visiting is a 3.5-acre, triangular oasis of sanctity called Thanks-Giving Square. This downtown retreat makes for an unusual but wonderful Turkey Day destination. The square is dedicated to promoting the concept of giving thanks as a universal human value. Its centerpiece is the curiously spiraled Chapel of Thanksgiving that you see nestled below glistening glass skyscrapers. The chapel is a multicultural shrine to all faiths, honoring the spirit of gratitude and the global traditions of giving thanks. Light streams into the marble chapel through an upward spiral of stained-glass panels. The light becomes brighter and brighter as the ceiling rises toward a central point. Known as the Glory Window, it symbolizes the blessing of God descending to earth and the ascending of human praise and gratitude to God. It is also one of the world's largest, horizontally mounted, stained-glass windows. Among other attractions at Thanks-Giving Square is a mosaic of The Golden Rule by Norman Rockwell, a Hall of Thanksgiving where visitors discover what gratitude has meant to the human race and a 14-foot Ring of Thanks that reminds visitors of the complementary nature of thanks and giving. Thanks-Giving Square makes this city unique among modern American cities. Name this city, which is also famous for a park that is home to nine museums and six performance facilities and for its Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza.

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©2006 Randy Karr