Groundbreaking Scheduled for Friday, February 23, 2018, at 10:00 AM

The Harry Dallara Memorial Foundation will hold a groundbreaking ceremony at Harmon Field on Friday, February 23, 2018, to formalize the beginning of a major upgrade to the athletic complex. The event will begin at 10:00 am and will conclude with light refreshments in the Harmon Field Log Cabin at 11:30 am.

Project Scope

Plans for the project call for a complete renovation of one of Harmon Field’s baseball diamonds, including new fencing and gates, a new scoreboard, and landscaping to create a park-like atmosphere. The centerpiece of the project will be a commissioned bronze statue of Harry Dallara inspired by a photograph of Harry hitting a baseball at the age of 92. In addition, there will be a bas-relief sculpture designed to honor the Tryon All Stars, a semi-professional negro baseball team formed in the early 1940s, which, because of segregation, were not allowed to play at Harmon Field during that era.

About the Harry Dallara Foundation (www.harrydallarafoundation.org)

The Harry Dallara Memorial Foundation was established to honor the life and memory of Harry Anthony Joseph Dallara (1917–2012), who grew up in the Bronx, settled in the Piedmont area of South Carolina after serving in World Ward II, and soon thereafter discovered Tryon, North Carolina, and Harmon Field, a 46-acre athletic complex donated to the Town of Tryon by the Harmon Foundation in 1927. The complex includes baseball fields, tennis courts, walking trails, equestrian facilities, picnic and playground areas, camping sites, and other opportunities for family activities.

To honor its namesake, the Harry Dallara Foundation has committed its energy and financial resources to making significant improvements to the baseball facilities at the sports complex. All of the improvements envisioned by the Foundation are intended to enhance the enjoyment of those who make use of Harmon Field, to promote additional interest in this family-oriented athletic facility, by boys and girls of all ethnic backgrounds, building bridges across all parts of the Tryon community and the Piedmont region.