Attendees crowd around the Barney Ewell statue after its dedication on Saturday, Nov. 19, 2022. Gov. Tom Wolf and former Mayor Art Morris can be seen at left in the foreground. (Photo: Tim Stuhldreher)
Attendees crowd around the Barney Ewell statue after its dedication on Saturday, Nov. 19, 2022. Gov. Tom Wolf and former Mayor Art Morris can be seen at left in the foreground. (Photo: Tim Stuhldreher)
Hundreds of Lancaster residents and about two dozen members of the Ewell family attended Saturday's statue dedication. (Photo: Kevin Ressler)
Jeremiah Miller, director of the J.P. McCaskey High School Alumni Association. Miller, former County Commissioner Ron Ford and former Mayor Art Morris head the Barney Ewell Legacy Committee, which spearheaded the drive to rename the former Lancaster Square for Olympian Barney Ewell and create and install his statue there. (Photo: Tim Stuhldreher)
Ron Ford. (Photo: Kevin Ressler)
Art Morris. (Photo: Tim Stuhldreher)
Mayor Danene Sorace. (Photo: Kevin Ressler)
County Commissioner Josh Parsons. (Photo: Kevin Ressler)
Gov. Tom Wolf. (Photo: Kevin Ressler)
The McCaskey Combined Choir sings "Rise Up." (Photo: Kevin Ressler)
Collette Stephens directs the McCaskey Combined Choir as they perform "Rise Up." (Photo: Tim Stuhldreher)
Members of the crowd take photos and video during the ceremony. (Photo: Kevin Ressler)
Gov. Tom Wolf speaks to the crowd.
At podium, Jeremiah Miller, Denise Ewell and Gov. Tom Wolf listen to the national anthem. Moments before, Wolf presented Ewell the replica gold medal she is wearing. (Photo: Tim Stuhldreher)
Members of the Barney Ewell Legacy Committee pull off the covering to unveil the statue of Barney Ewell in Ewell Plaza. (Photo: Tim Stuhldreher)
The Barney Ewell statue stands in Ewell Plaza moments after its unveiling. (Photo: Tim Stuhldreher)
The Barney Ewell statue stands in Ewell Plaza moments after its unveiling. (Photo: Tim Stuhldreher)
Attendees crowd around the Barney Ewell statue after its dedication. (Photo: Tim Stuhldreher)
Darryl Gentry talks with Barney Ewell Legacy Committee member Ron Ford. Both men are nephews of Ewell. (Photo: Tim Stuhldreher)
(Photo: Tim Stuhldreher)
Dignitaries listen to the McCaskey Combined Choir. From left: Commissioner Josh Parsons, Barney Ewell's son Patrick Ewell, Art Morris, Jeremiah Miller, Ron Ford, Barney Ewell's daughter Denise Ewell, Gov. Tom Wolf and Mayor Danene Sorace. (Photo: Kevin Ressler)
The audience listens as the McCaskey Combined Choir sings "Rise Up." (Photo: Kevin Ressler)
Collette Stephens, at left behind speaker, directs the McCaskey Combined Choir as they perform "Rise Up." (Photo: Tim Stuhldreher)
Gov. Tom Wolf. (Photo: Kevin Ressler)
From left, Gov. Tom Wolf and Barney Ewell Legacy Committee members Art Morris and Jeremiah Miller. (Photo: Kevin Ressler)