Participants of Gilbert Leadership Class XXI unveiled their community project which includes an art mural painted on the south-facing wall of the American Legion Merrill Mitchell Post 39 and an open space improvement with park features in the once-vacant lot immediately south of the mural.

The mural depicts the Town of Gilbert during the World War I era, circa 1917, with the exception of the “Gilbert” sign, which was later added across Gilbert Road in the early 1930s.

To further enhance the project, a plaque has been created to explain the significance of the site and was incorporated in the Heritage District History Walk.