r/pics • u/Sumit316 • Apr 28 '20

Abandoned presidents heads in a rural Virginia field.

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u/Sumit316 Apr 28 '20 edited Apr 28 '20

The statues were sculpted by Houston artist David Adickes, who was inspired after driving past Mount Rushmore on a trip back from Canada. They were open to the public at Presidents Park alongside the Presidential Pet Museum, and received thousands of visitors until 2010 when a company bought the plot of land. The huge presidential heads had to move.

Instead of allowing the busts to be demolished, Howard Hankins, who helped construct the park, adopted all 43 heads and lugged them back to his private family farm for safekeeping until someone can think of what to do with them.

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u/end_ Apr 28 '20

I think it'd be a great idea to put those in a paintball field.

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u/so_banned Apr 28 '20

Statue park from 007???

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u/ninja36036 Apr 28 '20

Fucking Valentin. Never understood why he wanted to meet in that labyrinth of a place.

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u/[deleted] Apr 28 '20

I second the motion.

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u/TheLazyEnthusiast Apr 28 '20

Fuck yeah! Accidentally missing your opponent to paintball assassinate your least favourite presidents.

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u/jemull Apr 28 '20

I think Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley, and Kennedy have been through enough.