Museum founded 1973 

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Hall of Fame of Parachuting logo TM    

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HISTORY of HUMANITY  view also  ART IN GRANITE

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 USMC Korean War legacy

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 FOREIGN LEGION

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 QUEST for the SKY   (International prize 2003)

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 HISTORY of ARIZONA

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FELICITY STONE (SM)  The Rosetta Stone of our era.

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The WALL FOR THE AGES ®                                        HERE, for millennia, You may desire

              TO ENGRAVE A NAME    

       TO ENGRAVE A SCHOOL OR  UNIVERSITY CLASS

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VIEW AS WE  ENGRAVE, the 
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HISTORY of CALIFORNIA

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HISTORY of the UNITED STATES

AND SEE How a Monument is Built                   _

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MUSEUM PROGRAMS

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LITERACY FOR MILLENNIA (SM)

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HOME SCHOOLING ASSISTANCE

THE CHURCH ON THE HILL                                      (Overlooks the Museum)

THE  DESIGN See the Museum 2009

VISIT US Town of Felicity

 TRUSTEES

OUR  HISTORY  

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About our Museum

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Significant Moments

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LETTERS

Letter from President Reagan

      President Reagan

 

Letter from Thomas P. O'Neil, Jr.

Thomas P. O'Neil, Jr.

Former Speaker 

House of Representatives

 

Letter from General E. C. Meyer

General E. C. Meyer

Chief of Staff 1981

U.S. Army

 

Letter from General C. C. Krulak

General C.C. Krulak

Commandant of the Marine Corps

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MUSEUM OF HISTORY IN GRANITE

How a Granite Museum-Wall TM is Built

 

    Each monument (Granite Museum-Wall ™)  is one hundred feet long and designed by structural engineers to endure   four thousand years.

There are no guarantees, only time will tell.

    1,960 cubic feet of 3,000 psi concrete are poured over 5945 pounds of knitted steel installed in a three-foot deep trench.

    The monument is faced with 60 panels of Missouri Red granite, each weighing 477 pounds,                                                                                                 and two triangular granite end pieces each weighing 351 pounds.

                                                 Historic text,  names and family panels, are engraved deep in granite.                                                                                        

  Drawings are engraved by hand with diamond stylus by the few experts in this esoteric profession.

                                 

 

TOTAL LENGTH of installed panels     (Walk around every monument) 3064  Feet            934  Meters
   
ESTIMATED_TIME_TO_READ PRESENTLY_ENGRAVED_312_PANELS   5 Hours  
Est.Time to read 912 panels         15 Hours  
               

WEIGHT OF MONUMENTS  YEAR 2008

   Pounds Kilos
               
CONCRETE           290,080 131,855
STEEL(REBAR)           5,945 2,702
FITTINGS             625 284
MISC:Stainlessnuts,bolts,washers,joiners,etc.       100 45
GRANITE             29,320 13,327
               
 ONE_MONUMENT         326,070 148,214
               
HISTORY OF HUMANITY 8 monuments  (4 of 100 ft and  4 of 67 ft)   2,173,801 988,091
               
Weight of other 8 monuments                                                                        2,608,561 1,185,709
               
TOTAL_WEIGHT OF_16_MONUMENTS IN_YEAR_2008     4,782,361 2,173,801
               
OF_WHICH_GRANITE            430,027 195,467
               
 GRANITE_PANELS            
Rectangular            880  
Triangular             32  
TOTAL             912  
               
 "Anything_worth_doing_cannot_be_accomplished_in_one_lifetime"   Reinhold_Niehbur  

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Museum of History in Granite division of HFP, Inc,

Member American Association of Museums

Member International Council of Museum (affiliated with UNESCO)

2 Center of the World Plaza, Felicity, CA 92283-7777, USA

Tel: 760-572-0100  Email: ctrworld@aol.com

          Contributions are deductible from Federal Income Taxes

All text and etching interpretations on granite panels © 2010 Museum of History in Granite