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TIL a former Tulsa zoo director built his wife an 80 ft long concrete whale for their anniversary because she collected whale figurines
local kids would slide down its fins and jump off its tail. when it deteriorated decades later, some returned as adults to restore it
Mo Monuments retweeted
Got home late last night with a little surprise delivery waiting for me…
Unreal quality, @MoMonuments . I’ll treasure this beauty for long, long time. 🤩🇺🇸
TIL a man spent 11 years building a self-funded 45 ft tall dinosaur by a California freeway to bring drivers to his diner
the diner closed in 2013 and was torn down. the county lists the dinosaur first when describing the town’s economy, and it still has a gift shop inside
TIL that in 1977 a retired American pilot decided to build the bronze horse Leonardo da Vinci never could
he dedicated 17 years to it but died before it was done
Americans cast it in New York and gave it to Italy 500 years after French troops destroyed Leonardo’s clay model
TIL that Birmingham businessmen built a 56 ft tall iron statue of Vulcan for the 1904 World’s Fair to boost local industry
back in Alabama, the freight was unpaid, so the railroad dumped it in the weeds
after a 32 year journey, locals finally placed it prominently in the city
Mo Monuments retweeted
Wasn't kidding btw
I'll let you know how toddler-resistant the statue is, @MoMonuments, its days may be numbered 😂
TIL a Swedish architect found the drive through Utah’s salt flats so boring that he built an 87 ft tall concrete tree there
a casino offered to fund it if he put its sign on the sculpture. he said no and sold his condos to pay for it himself. 5M people a year drive past it
Mo Monuments retweeted
Thank you to @MoMonuments and the team @MoreMonuments for this George Washington America 250 statue. Mo joined us a few episodes back on @USMfgToday to talk about fighting “the great forgetting”. We should build more monuments to Western Civilization…and it serves as a reminder of the exceptional men who fought our revolution and secured the blessings of liberty for their posterity.
@veryableops #Reindustrialize
Mo Monuments retweeted
This remains the barometer for @sfgov incompetency. Progressives destroyed the Grant statue over half a decade ago.
There are zero external dependencies to do the repair. @sfgov still refuses to do it.
seen in SF: toppled statue of Ulysses S. Grant and “Lift Every Voice” behind it
@micsolana @kane
TIL that an electrician in Butte, Montana promised the Virgin Mary in 1979 that if his wife survived cancer, he would put a 5 foot statue in his backyard
she survived, and the town built it 90 feet tall on top of a mountain instead
Our Lady of the Rockies
Men did not love America because she was great. She was great because they had loved her.
Trump demands Smithsonian replace 'strange modernist' sculpture that 'inspires no one' with 30-foot-tall 'Washington Colossus' trib.al/SwMiL9S
Mo Monuments retweeted
Credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena.
@MoMonuments is one of the many doers who are proving you can still build beautiful things in America
TIL that Greek sculptor Dinocrates proposed carving Mount Athos into a giant statue of Alexander the Great holding an entire city in his left hand
and Alexander nearly approved it
