This week it seems only fitting to take a look at Walter Knott's west coast tribute to the American ideals of individual liberty; his own brick by brick reproduction of Independence Hall.
These construction images you see here today are thanks to the great documentation provided at the time by the in-house Knott's employee publication, The Knotty Post. Opened with the help of prominent dignitaries, Buena Park's version of this national landmark was dedicated on July 4th 1966. Maybe you were there that hot summer day? Hard to believe she's 43 years old this week!
Below, two workmen paint the woodwork in the assembly chamber - an accurate representation of where the founding fathers signed the historic document.
Like last year, to honor Walter Knott and his patriotic vision, let's share some of the often forgotten, monumental wisdom of those founders. Let's start with the primary author of the Declaration of Independence:
"To take from one, because it is thought that his own industry and that of his fathers has acquired too much, in order to spare to others who have not exercised equal industry and skill is to violate arbitrarily the first principal of association; the guarantee of everyone of a free exercise of his industry and the fruits acquired by it." --- Thomas Jefferson
"Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master" --- George Washington
And how about one more - light hearted - self evident truth?
"Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedy." --- Groucho Marx
Happy 4th Of July, everybody!
