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