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Our Lady of Grace, Dearborn Heights, Michigan

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Building Name: Edsel and Eleanor Ford House

City: Grosse Pointe

Window Shape: 2 (rectangle)

Subject/Title of Window: Panel 10A

Brief Description of Subject: A vertically bisected shield is inscribed within two circles. The left half of the shield is white with three in-painted griffin heads. The right half is blue with a gold sash that contains three red circles. The abstract pieces that surround the shield to form the first circle are blue, green and purple. Some of these pieces are in-painted with leaves. The outer circle is a border of white glass that is in-painted with a geometric gold pattern.

Heraldic significance:
White symbolizes cleanliness, wisdom, innocence, peace, sincerity, and joy. Blue symbolizes steadfastness, strength, truth, and loyalty. Gold symbolizes elevated thought and understanding, respect, virtue, majesty, and generosity. Red symbolizes warriors or martyrs, military strength, and eagerness to serve one’s country. Green symbolizes freedom, hope, beauty, joy, health, and loyalty in love. Purple symbolizes majesty, justice, and sovereignty. The shield in this panel represents the arms of Richard Hals of Kenynedon.

Panel 10A
Panel 10A

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