PAUL CARRINGTON CHAPTER MONUMENT

Dedicated on September 16, 1989, this monument commemorates the 200th anniversary of the United States Constitution, which was first ratified in 1788. The monument consists of three granite disks, each eight inches thick, weighing a total of 22,000 lbs. It was gifted to Hermann Park near the entrance of the Houston Zoo by the Paul Carrington chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution.