The Corps has provided us the email address below, please use it to reflect the personal and/or historical importance the Bicentennial Mural holds for you. Please be respectful and request Col. Gibbs to work towards the restoration of this irreplaceable historic resource. Contact: L.A. Corps, Col. Kirk Gibbs pradomuralcomments@usace.army.mil THE LATEST UPDATE On May 11th, 2016, the Army Corps of Engineers held a meeting at the Prado Dam Visitors center to go over the Bicentennial Mural’s eligibility for the National Register of Historic Places. The meeting was a continuation of our interaction with the Army Corps following the lawsuit we filed last year. Present at the meeting was our attorney Eric Bjorgum from Karish & Bjorgum in Pasadena, city and county representatives, public art advocates, an art restoration specialist, an architectural historian, both student designers of the mural, several of the original student painters and two groups representing 25,000 petitioners. We believe we left no doubt that the Mural’s association with the U.S. Bicentennial Celebration showed its eligibility for the National Register. However, just being on the Register does not fully protect the mural. One of the first questions from attorney Bjorgum was whether the mural could be restored independent of this process, so that while we are waiting for the government’s decision, we can go about the work of making the mural look new. There was no reason given as to why this could not happen. Representatives from the cities of Chino and Chino Hills strongly asked "What are we waiting for?" Why isn't it being restored now and who do we talk to?” As far as we know, It looks like the New Commander of the L.A. Corps, Col. Kirk Gibbs, has the full authority to order the Mural restored now. For more info go to our web site or Facebook page: friendsofthepradodammural.com https://www.facebook.com/groups/711700172237542/