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Our Lady of Grace, Dearborn Heights, Michigan

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MSGC : Collections : Window

Window

Building Name: Edsel and Eleanor Ford House

City: Grosse Pointe

Window Shape: 2 (rectangle)

Subject/Title of Window: Panel 22

Brief Description of Subject: A shield inscribed in two circles is divided into three sections with a wide white chevron. The remaining three sections of the shield have red backgrounds and feature white crosses – the upper two sections contain three crosses each, and the lower section contains four crosses. Solid white abstract pieces surround the shield to form a circle. The outer circular border contains four solid blue pieces and several white and gold pieces in-painted with a band-and-scroll pattern.

Heraldic significance:
White symbolizes cleanliness, wisdom, innocence, peace, sincerity, and joy. Red symbolizes warriors or martyrs, military strength, and eagerness to serve one’s country. Blue symbolizes steadfastness, strength, truth, and loyalty. Gold symbolizes elevated thought and understanding, respect, virtue, majesty, and generosity. This medallion displays the argent of Berkeley.

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