D&D General Gary Gygax Park Bench Dedication

Today (Thursday 27th July) a dedication ceremony for a park bench dedicated in memory of D&D co-creator Gary Gygax is taking place in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, USA. The notice was posted by Gygax's daughter Heidi Gygax Garland.

Additionally, Gygax's wife Gail shared an image of a proclamation by the mayor of Lake Geneva announcing Gary Gygax Day. Thursday 27th July was Gary Gygax's birthday.

 

[Konrad13]

Happy Gygax Day, everyone. I hope Gail eventually relents and allows Gygax's notes and maps to his Castle Greyhawk campaign to be published someday.

 

[sevenbastard]

It's a cool proclamation. Is the bench in leiu of the statue they had proposed at one time?

 

[Mannahnin]

It's a cool proclamation. Is the bench in leiu of the statue they had proposed at one time?

They're still trying to get a full statue made and dedicated.

The current plan:

Gygax Memorial Project — Gygax Memorial Fund, Inc.

www.gygaxmemorialfund.org

 

[ichabod]

I love that the proclamation has a D&D style map on it.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I sure hope they gave her a nice framed one without wrinkles or page numbers.

 

[Alzrius]

What a nice bit of news!

 

[beta-ray]

They're still trying to get a full statue made and dedicated.

The current plan:

Gygax Memorial Project — Gygax Memorial Fund, Inc.

www.gygaxmemorialfund.org

Why not just a mini?

 

[LordEntrails]

Huh, I see the map has the Lake Geneva Museum, but I wonder (not!) why the Dungeon Hobby Shop Museum is not shown...

 

[Mannahnin]

Huh, I see the map has the Lake Geneva Museum, but I wonder (not!) why the Dungeon Hobby Shop Museum is not shown...

Well, without speculating about other reasons, I'll observe that the map only extends three blocks from the shoreline. The DHSM is about two or three times that far back from the water. It's not in the area covered by the map. Unlike the Geneva Lake Museum, which seems to be right there on Sage Street where the arrow points.