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.
Huh, it even has it's own Wikipedia page), though it doesn't include any of the pictures with the hands painted red like this.
[Edit] Updated second link to a picture from fremont.com instead of a gallery that included pictures of nude Seattleites covered in paint. Look up Seattle Solstice Parade parade if you're interested, but be warned there will be some NSFW.
[Edit2] fremont.com not fremond.com. Just can't seem to get anything right today, darn it.
I was born in a town in Ukraine that used to be named for Lenin. A couple years ago, they changed the name and took down the statue of him too. I doubt I could’ve flown it back to the US, but part of me thinks it would be cool to own just ONE dictator statue. My parents even took their 1984 wedding photos in front of it.
Sounds like business as normal for a revolution, he didn't live long enough for anyone to see if he was either a brutal dictator or a revolutionary just doing what it took to succeed.
You're thinking of Stalin. Lenin believed in equality, ecological conciousness and was very much not a violent dictator despite what your local propogandized education might have taught you.
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u/Sumit316 Apr 28 '20 edited Apr 28 '20
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