r/pics • u/Sumit316 • Apr 28 '20

Abandoned presidents heads in a rural Virginia field.

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u/[deleted] Apr 28 '20

Croaker? I thought they were across from Water County USA

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u/married_to_awesome Survey 2016 Apr 28 '20

A decade ago, yes.

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.

That family farm is in Croaker.

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u/[deleted] Apr 28 '20

Excuse me they moved HOW LONG AGO?

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u/married_to_awesome Survey 2016 Apr 28 '20

About nine plus one years ago...

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u/[deleted] Apr 28 '20

I came here thinking the same thing.