{"id":87328,"date":"2026-11-08T00:24:08","date_gmt":"2026-11-08T05:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=87328"},"modified":"2026-11-08T00:24:22","modified_gmt":"2026-11-08T05:24:22","slug":"america-250-sculpture-unveiling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2026\/11\/08\/america-250-sculpture-unveiling\/","title":{"rendered":"America 250 Sculpture Unveiling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Photos By Lakeland PD<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Staff<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">About the Sculpture<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Subject:<\/strong> Mary Katharine Goddard, a pioneering printer, publisher, and the first female postmaster in the U.S., who printed the 1777 copy of the Declaration of Independence containing the signers&#8217; names (and her own).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Project Name:<\/strong> The &#8220;Path to Freedom&#8221; initiative, led by Platform Art in partnership with the Lakeland Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) and the Polk County Veterans Council.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Artists:<\/strong> Sculpted by Becky Ault and Mike Cunningham of ART Design Group, featuring clay relief pedestals created with local high school students.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-dominant-color=\"707477\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #707477;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/897152141_1132489476171638_4006170395352940187_n-1024x683.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-87330 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/897152141_1132489476171638_4006170395352940187_n-1024x683.webp 1024w, 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