Statues

Museum Opens As Jolly Green Statue Turns 30

Friday, July 17th, 2009

For three decades the Jolly Green Giant has cast a mighty shadow — formed by a body built by healthy vegetables — across Blue Earth, Minnesota. Standing over 55 feet tall, the Giant went up on July 6, 1979.

I’m Still Standing: Living Statues

Wednesday, July 15th, 2009

Wherever and whenever large flocks of tourists congregate in urban settings you are also likely to find those popular purveyors of motionless entertainment known as “living statues.”

Roadside News: July 14, 2009

Tuesday, July 14th, 2009

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Grade A Giants

Monday, July 13th, 2009

We all love our Roadside Giants, but rarely think about where the next generation of oversized distractions will come from. Today’s wide-eyed children, with dreams of four-story-high Labradoodles and towering fruit roll-ups, will need encouragement — and cash — to realize their own visions of entertaining enormousness.
So when The Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor came up with [...]

Jinxed 9-11 Statue in Trouble Again

Saturday, July 4th, 2009

In late 2007, sculptor Stan Watts finally erected his large statue of three 18-foot-tall firefighters raising a U.S. flag above the rubble of the World Trade Center — literally, with real rubble from Ground Zero scattered at their feet.

Emmitsburg, Maryland
Watts had worked on the sculpture for five years. The 8-ton bronze, titled To Lift A [...]

More and More Rushmore

Friday, July 3rd, 2009

On Fourth of July weekend, All-American vacationers from coast-to-coast proudly cut out of work early so they can flock to our nation’s most treasured patriotic sights.

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