IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE THOUSANDS OF CZECH IMMIGRANTS AND THE GENERATIONS THAT SUCCEEDED THEM...

THEY ENRICHED THE HUMAN FABRIC OF CLEVELAND WITH THEIR KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, FAITH IN GOD, SPIRIT OF FRATERNALISM, LOVE OF SONG AND MUSIC, AND THE SOKOL IDEAL OF A SOUND MIND IN A SOUND BODY...

AS PATRIOTIC AMERICANS AND FIRM BELIEVERS IN "LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL." THEY ENTHUSIASTICALLY SUPPORTED THEIR HOMELAND IN ITS STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM, INDEPENDENCE AND DEMOCRACY FROM WORLD WAR I TO THE PRESENT...

DEDICATED SEPTEMBER 8, 1996 TO COMMEMORATE THE CLEVELAND BICENTENIAL