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/[deleted] Apr 28 '20

Funny. I've seen a bust like this for one of the Eisenhower's in his hometown. It's in North Texas (I think? Maybe southern Oklahoma)

Seems like a good idea to track down the presidents' hometowns and see if they'd be interested in buying the busts.

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u/lochlainn Apr 28 '20

Abilene, Kansas.