Push For a July 4th Parade and to Rename I-20
Using the social media Facebook, more than 600 supporters signed up the first day the pages were created.
Foster said Grand Prairie is the fifteenth largest city in the state of Texas, it certainly warrants a Fourth of July Celebration. Being a veteran of the war in Iraq, Foster said,” Stemming from my veteran roots, I feel like we owe it to America as a whole. It’s been here 235 years. We don’t have a birthday party for it. Grand Prairie can certainly do that.”
Currently Foster is forming a steering committee comprised of community leaders to develop a plan for a July 4th parade. He said he sees an entire day of celebration with a parade in the morning and activities and fireworks later at Lone Star Park and Lynn Creek Park.
Foster said the reason he got involved with the renaming of Interstate 20 was to make sure the sacrifice Sgt. Hunter made for the residents of Grand Prairie is never forgotten. He added that although there is a short street named after the police officer that was gunned down on June 18, 2004 in the Walmart parking lot, naming the freeway is a more appropriate way to honor the officer and his twenty-nine years of dedicated service to Grand Prairie.
Residents can sign an online petition to rename Interstate 20 that will be presented to the Grand Prairie City Council and then to the U.S. or State Legislature for action.
To become involved in the initiatives go to the Honor Sgt Gregory Hunter by renaming IH 20 in Grand Prairie and the Grand Prairie for a July 4th Parade Facebook pages.
