Students' 1976 bicentennial mural on being replaced on Prado Dam near Corona
CORONA, Calif. -- A giant mural that students painted on a Corona-area dam for the U.S. bicentennial in 1976 is being recreated after years of cont...
CORONA, Calif. -- A giant mural that students painted on a Corona-area dam for the U.S. bicentennial in 1976 is being recreated after years of controversy over a decision to remove the original. Workers following the original design began painting the new mural on the spillway of Prado Dam this month, Southern California News Group reported. The dam is a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers flood control project on the Santa Ana River in Riverside County. More than 40 years ago, high school students from the nearby city of Corona used the dam to salute the nation's bicentennial, painting the phrase "200 YEARS OF FREEDOM," a Liberty Bell silhouette, and the dates "1776-1976.