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DALWORTHINGTON GARDENS IS TURNING 90 Mark your calendars so you can join us at the events DWG's Historical Committee is putting together: • Friday, June 5th ○ Celebration Dinner and Dance - 5:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Ticketed Event • Saturday, June 6th ○ Dedication of Historical Sign - Green’s Produce - 10:00 a.m. ○ Evening Fun at Gardens Park - 5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Detailed information on can be found by clicking on the tabs on the home page . • Check out the souvenir merchandise we have created to commemorate DWG's 90th birthday : ○ Commemorative T-shirts ○ Flour Sack Tea Towels In addition, you can still purchase copies of the book that Mary Webster wrote and donated to the city or make a donation of a brick for the historical plaza. ○ The Day Eleanor Arrives (A story about the creation of Dalworthington Gardens) ○ Engraved Bricks Dinner and dance tickets, merchandise and brick donations can be purchased at the DWG water window. Or you can drop a check in th...
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Mark your calendars! We are planning a grand celebration for June 5th and June 6th. We want you to join our team. There are so many ways you can help us. Volunteers are needed to help decorate, take tickets, sell t-shirts, pass out food, work a demonstration table, set up/man tables, work park games, and so much more. Other ways to help are through sponsorships, both monetary or in kind. All sponsorships will be recognized at our events and in our newsletter. Let us hear from you! Use the contact form in the sidebar at the left or leave a message for the Historical Committee at City Hall.
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We mentioned in our previous post that we will be sharing more information about the early days in DWG leading up to our 90th celebration on June 5th and 6th. Following are some historical tidbits that you will be able to learn more about during our different events. (See the June 5 and June 6 tabs for more event info.) On June 1, 1936 during the Great Depression, Dalworthington Gardens incorporated as a homestead association. In 1933 Carl Mosig purchased a home and land (next to present day Green’s Produce) along Arkansas Lane and called it Happenstance. It was also happenstance that First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt came to the home of Carl Mosig, with her son Elliott later that year. This chance meeting led Eleanor to believe she had located the perfect spot for one of her husband’s Subsistence Homestead Program sites that were part of the New Deal. Did you know the homes that were built for the Dalworthington Gardens Subsistence Homestead Program only cost around $3,000 to $4,000? M...
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Do you know what major milestone happens in 2026? The City of Dalworthington Gardens turns 90 years old! (And yes, around a week after DWG’s birthday the first FIFA match comes to Arlington and about a month later the United States celebrates its Semiquincentennial.) This is a major milestone for the place our mayor calls ‘the best place to live’, so please join us in celebrating this milestone. We are looking forward to having a great turn out from our wonderful DWG residents, businesses, and friends who have previously been a part of DWG or just enjoyed something in our city over the years. June 1, 1936 was the date the Dalworthington Gardens Homestead Association was incorporated in Delaware. It was on this date that DWG ceased being a Federal program and became its own entity. To give everyone the best chance of attending our city’s birthday celebrations this year, we will be holding our celebrations on Friday, June 5 and Saturday, June 6 instead of June 1. Mark your calendar...
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