Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina: Daniel Boone with Oil Drum Fez

This is a bonus from shrine club to the Mason grave site.

Visited on a long rainy drive up the I-95 from fla to ny. Totally worth a detour!

Daniel Boone with the Oil Drum Fez is still in great condition. Directions provided were excellent!

We visited Daniel Boone on a trip to Fayetteville. As you can see from the picture, his paint is in definite need of some attention. Other than that, he still proudly stands in front of the Shiner's building.

I howled with laughter when I read Nathan Etheridge's little story about the giant that now stands in front of the Shrine Club in Halifax county but was once atop Elmo Garner Jewelers and Home Improvement. Elmo Garner was my grandfather. He died in January of 1999 at the age of 80. Nathan was right about the sign ordinance, which Paw fought tooth and nail, but the Giant was eventually taken down (we were afraid that high winds would knock it off the store and it would land on Hux's Exxon, which used to be next door). Anyway, my grandfather was a devoted Mason and Shriner, and he gave the Giant to the Shrine Club about 10 years before he died. We thought initially the Giant was Paul Bunyan, and I remember my mother sitting on our kitchen floor with a can of paint and a paintbrush painting the "Tis Here" sign when I was just a little kid. I think, but am not sure, that Paw bought the giant at an auction.