Physical Education Cliparts
physical education clipart by revzutz » Tue Jun 08, 2004, 6: 46 pm What I remember most about Bicentennial Park is that it was run down. It looked old and neglected, and not particularly well-maintained. When I say run down, I mean that everything was half-finished and faded - looking all the way down to a massive pedestal meant to hold a huge marble statue (of a Colonial Era soldier, I think). It looked like it should have been full of dirt, not cement. I was disappointed to learn that part of the reason I thought that Bicentennial Park was such a wasteland was that it was only a front, though. The actual location of the park was not anything special at all, only it was further out of town and because it was out in the middle of nowhere, the place was virtually empty. Now that I think of it, I'm surprised it wasn't cleaned up more because I doubt that the lawns were that bad. Even from the outside, I was pretty sure that you could see what I was talking about. The entrance to the park was actually at a gravesite, and as far as I knew, that was pretty old and unknown.
There was no information about the people that were buried there.
I even walked around on the grounds and went through the fields, as well as peeking through the old iron gate.
And in retrospect, it may have been a good idea to stop.
I later learned that the cemetery was actually on private property and only accessible with permission from the owner.
After that, it was fairly easy to find the old elementary school (I had just been standing in the wrong place) and that was where the various exhibits and park space was.
Bicentennial Park.
At that time, there were only a few animals there - some ducks, a rabbit or two, and a couple of white mice.
I remember seeing a small beagle that looked like a raccoon.
They didn't have any other animals, except for a turtle that was propped up on a small concrete slab.
There was a kid that I believe was 9 or 10 years old helping out at the
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