Busacca Gallery

The Ambassador Bridge Bronze Medal City's of Detroit and Windsor. Bronze Medal of Ambassador Bridge given by Joseph A. Bower in 1930 as a thank you, to those who helped him get the job done. Identical large Bronze tablets are at each end of the bridge. Eloquent oration to the bridge. "The visible expression of friendship in the hearts of two peoples with like ideas and ideals." The bridge is styled in a mixture of Art Deco and Streamline Moderne architectural designs.

Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambassador_Bridge

Ambassador Bridge was the key to control of the Great Lakes.

Battles raged on both sides of the river between politicians and merchants over where a bridge should be located. Bower took his case to the voters of Detroit for approval of a bridge. Full scale construction began on both sides of the river in August of 1927 and the bridge began inching across the waterway. Detroit boasted the longest suspension bridge span in the world - l,850 feet. Thousands attempt to get on the bridge for the official dedication on Veteran's Day, 1929. This connecting link between two great countries with their friendships firmly set and their goodwill warmly alive. During construction of the bridge, it was referred to as the Detroit River Bridge. Joseph Bower felt this was too impersonal. He turned down recommendations to have it named the Bower Bridge and suggested instead, that it be called the Ambassador Bridge.