What do you do when millions of people drive right through your city on their way to see four giant president heads? If you’re Rapid City, South Dakota, you create life-sized bronze statues of all the Presidents…
…Even the crappy ones.
C’mon into town and snap a picture with Millard Fillmore, or crouch down for a quick shot of John Quincy Adams. But in all seriousness these true to life figures are well done and provide great photo opportunities. But we think they might have been able to save some money by just choosing the top 20 or so. Really? Unless you have a strange mutton-chop fetish, do you really need a picture with Martin Van Buren?
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- Lyndon B Johnson – “I’d like to see that!”
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- Hand check Mr. Clinton!
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- George Herbert Walker Bush
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- Dewey Defeats Truman, an ode to death of journalism.
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- Chubby President Taft in his “sassy” pose!
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- Mutton Chop Fetish – Martin Van Buren.
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- President Ford and LIBERTY!
I love South Dakota! One of my most favorite vacations. Do tell about the “new” car purchase…life’s little moments are just as interesting as travel destinations.