ON THE POLICE FORCE BY THE YEAR 2030. INDEPENDENCE IS HONORING ONE OF ITS MOST FAMOUS RESIDENTS KMBC 9’S DENNIS EVANS IS LIVE AT HYRUM PARK FOR TODAY’S CEREMONY. OF COURSE, YOU KNOW HARRY TRUMAN THE MOST THE FORMER PRESIDENT THE MOST FAMOUS PERSON FROM INDEPENDENCE, BUT HIRAM YOUNG MADE A HUGE IMPACT ON THIS COMMUNITY THE FORMER SLAVE HAD A PARK REDEDICATED TO HIM. HE WAS A FORMER SLAVE WHO BECAME A HUGE BUSINESSMAN BY MAKING WHEELS AND WAGONS FOR PEOPLE TRAVELING THE OREGON TRAIL IN THE 1800S. ONE TWO THANK YOU. LOCAL RESIDENTS AND SOME CITY OFFICIALS CAME OUT THIS MORNING FOR THE REDEDICATION CEREMONY AT THE PARK ON THE CORNER OF NOLAN ROAD. NOW THEY SPOKE OF THE SIGNIFICANCE OF REMEMBERING THE MARK THAT MR. YOUNG MADE ON INDEPENDENCE NOW, THE PARK HAS BEEN AROUND FOR YEARS, BUT WAS NOT BEING WELL MAINTAINED NOW THIS WHEEL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PARK HAS BEEN SPRUCED UP IN THIS ONCE AGAIN IS A PLACE FOR THE COMMUNITY TO BE PROUD OF THE SAME WAY. THEY’RE PROUD OF MR. YOUNG. HE HAS A LIST GOOSEY LIKE BUCK O’NEAL IN MY OPINION. YOU KNOW AND HE REALLY DOES AND SO I’M JUST EXCITED AND HAPPY AND THANKFUL THAT THEY GOT IT. WE PAIRED AND WE COULD DO THIS REDEDICATION. THIS WAGON WHEEL IS WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT. IT’S THE CENTER PIECE OF THE PARK. IT IS A REPLICA OF THE WAGON WHEELS THAT HE WAS SO FAMOUS FOR MAKING ALSO ANOTHER NOTE ABOUT MR. YOUNG THE FACT THAT IF YOU LOOK ON THE THE SYMBOL OF THE CITY OF INDEPENDENCE. THERE’S ALSO A REPLICA OF WAGONS THAT HE MADE HE IS VERY WELL LOVED. HERE IN THIS COMMUNITY AND HIS LEGACY WILL LIVE ON WITH THE REDEDICATION OF THIS PARK REPORTING LIVE IN INDEPENDENCE, DENNIS EVANS. KBC 9 NEWS. THANKS SO MUCH DENNIS YOUNG FOUNDE