Morris Cooper's rags-to-riches story is a metaphor for the immigrant experience in America. This Legion Post was built on land he donated, and a plaque honoring Morris and Clara Cooper is in front. The Russian-born Cooper arrived in the United States in 1908 with one suit and pocket change. He went to work in a shirt factory, saving 50 cents a week from his $4 salary. Within four years Cooper owned the Imperial Shirt Company, a New Jersey company that grew to nine plants producing 720,000 shirts per week. Cooper began visiting Florida and buying citrus groves.

In 1958 Cooper sold the shirt company, retired to Florida, and set about creating his dream city. By the time he died in 1975 at the age of 82, Cooper City was thriving. Cooper was buried with a Cooper City flag at Mt. Nebo Cemetery in Miami. The city renamed 90th Avenue Morris Cooper Drive in his honor.

Information courtesy of Florida Division of Historical Resources, a division of Florida Department of State.