Legends of Texas Bridge
Simultaneous to the opening of the Legacy Hills golf course, Del Webb started the tradition of inaugurating Texas residents from around the state into the Legends of Texas Bridge (an idea developed and orchastrated by PR consultant Don Martin based on the celebrity granite stars located in downtown Austin) with a ceremony in which a granite star with their name was placed into the sidewalk of the main bridge on Sun City Blvd over Berry Creek at the entrance to Sun City. Honorees were selected in an open nomination process. The honorees also received a glass memorial of the induction and most attneded an induction ceremony and were greeted by Sun City residents. Each year typically three to five senior Texans, 55 or older, were honored, including luminaries such as Carol Burnett, Willie Nelson, Darell Royal, Tom Landry, Barbara Bush, George Christian, and Ebby Halliday. The program was discontinued after about ten years.
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