Granite tablets created around 1930 make up the Bicentennial Monument, telling the history of Oklahoma City in engraved lines. These stone panels were created around 1930, telling stories in engraved lines and monumental simplicity. In 1976 the installation was formally rededicated, linking this place to a city remembering itself, and later the tablets were renovated in 2012 to preserve that memory for new generations.
The monument lives as part of the City of Oklahoma City Public Art collection, a civic work meant to be read, felt, and returned to over time. Stand close enough to see the texture of the granite and imagine the hands that set these tablets long before the rededication and renovation dates you now hear about. Let your pace match the rhythm of the inscriptions: there is no hurry, only the slow accrual of local life shown here in stone.
You can use what you see as a map of the city’s past — creation c. Read them at the pace of their inscriptions, then carry those dates, 1930, 1976 and 2012, out into Bicentennial Park.