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The Big Hat is a 20-foot-long cowboy hat sculpture on a 15-foot pole at Main and Fifth Streets in Downtown Garland, Texas, unveiled on 27 September 2025. The city, which the state named Cowboy Hat Capital of Texas in 2013, believes it is the largest in Texas.
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Giant Cowboy Hat sculpture 20 feet long (2025)
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A giant cowboy hat now rides above Garland's Downtown Square, in the city the Texas Legislature designated Cowboy Hat Capital of Texas in 2013.
The Big Hat was unveiled on Saturday 27 September 2025, the same weekend the city's Landmark Museum opened an exhibit called Hats Off to Garland. Fox 4 reported that it sits on a 15-foot pole at the intersection of Main and Fifth Streets and measures 20 feet long, 16 feet wide and 6 feet tall; CBS Texas gave the height as 8 feet. It arrived on an extra-wide trailer two days before the ceremony, according to NBC 5.
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A 20-foot-long cowboy hat sculpture raised on a pole in Downtown Garland's square, unveiled in September 2025 and described by the city as a permanent installation. It was designed to be lit at night; the square has restaurants and live music, according to the city.
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In Downtown Garland's square, at the intersection of Main and Fifth Streets, according to Fox 4 in September 2025. It stands in the open on a pole and is seen from the square.
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