Laura Wilder Elementary
Bicentennial Banner
This banner was made by the third-grade class at Laura Wilder Elementary School in 1976 to celebrate the United States Bicentennial. Each student, with the help of their parents, decorated an individual patriotic felt square. The squares were joined, and the banner was hung in the elementary school gym for the remainder of the school year. The third-grade teacher kept the banner before donating it to the museums in 1998. You can see this banner and other memorabilia from South Dakota anniversaries in Parades, Picnics, & Pageants: South Dakota Celebrates, open now at the Old Courthouse Museum.