Category:Preamble to the Constitution (Greenbelt)

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Preamble to the Constitution (1937) is a series of six limestone relief panels by Lenore Thomas Straus. The work was created for the Greenbelt Elementary School and Community Building (now the Greenbelt Community Center) while she was employed by the Special Skills Division of the Resettlement Administration.

Over the main entrance door:

  • We the People

Below windows between the buttresses:

  • To Form a More Perfect Union
  • Establish Justice
  • Insure Domestic Tranquility
  • Provide for the Common Defense
  • Promote the General Welfare