Statue of Simon Bolivar - Bolivar, MO
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Venezuela donates statue to U.S. City that honors him.
Waymark Code: WMN17M
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 12/06/2014
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County of statue: Polk County
Location of statue: College St. & Springfield Ave. (MO 83), Neuhart Park, Bolivar
Date gift presented: July 5th 1948
Presenter of gift: Venezuelan President Romulo Gallego
Receiver of gift: United States President Harry S. Truman
English and Spanish dedication on statue:
The Government
and the people of Venezuela
To the Noble city which renders through it name,
a perpetual homage
To the memory of the liberator
SIMON BOLIVAR
July 5th 1948El gobierno
Y el pueblo de Venezuela
a la noble ciudad que rinde con su nombre
perpetuo homenaje
a la memoria del libertador
SIMON BOLIVAR
5 de Julio de 1948Dedication Plaque:
Presented by President Romulo Gallegos.
Dedicated by President Harry S. Truman of the United States
Bolivar, Missouri,
July 5th 1948.
Country or International City that Gave the Gift: Venezuela
Country or International City that Received the Gift: United States of America in Bolivar, Missouri
Website Verifying this Item as a Gift from Another Country or International City: [Web Link]
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