Milwaukee honors Hank Aaron with mural on 50th anniversary of final home run
The Brewers and Billye Aaron dedicated a new mural at the Clinton Rose Senior Center 50 years after the baseball icon’s historic 755th home run.
MILWAUKEE —
The Milwaukee community and the Brewers organization are honoring baseball legend Hank Aaron with a new mural to mark the 50th anniversary of his final home run. The mural was unveiled Monday at the Clinton Rose Senior Center, located at Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and Burleigh Street in Milwaukee.
On July 20, 1976, Aaron hit the 755th and final home run of his professional career during the seventh inning at County Stadium. His home run record held for 31 years. Aaron began and ended his Major League Baseball career in Milwaukee, playing first for the Braves and later for the Brewers. He died in 2021 at the age of 86.
The new mural celebrates Aaron’s impact on baseball, his push for civil rights and his work with children in the community.
His widow, Billye Aaron, and MLB Commissioner Emeritus and former Brewers owner Bud Selig attended the dedication ceremony.
“We spent only two years here after we got back here, and he retired in 1976,” Billye Aaron said. “But let me say thank you to each of you for the love that you showed him and for the legend that you continue in his behalf.”
Selig also spoke about Aaron’s legacy in Milwaukee and the sport.
“(What) he gave to this city, what he gave to our game and to everybody else, I will always be very grateful,” Selig said. “Greatest player of our generation, and maybe greatest human being of our generation.”
The Brewers will also honor Aaron during their game against the New York Mets on Monday night.