Statue of Liberty, Falls City, Nebraska
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N 40° 03.719 W 095° 36.161
15T E 278023 N 4437882
This Lady Liberty, a boy scout donation, is in the courthouse square in Falls City, Nebraska
Waymark Code: WM2NBE
Location: Nebraska, United States
Date Posted: 11/25/2007
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This is one of over 200 Statue of Liberty Replicas erected in the early 1950's by Boy Scout troops and others to celebrate Scouting’s 40th anniversary theme, "Strengthen the Arm of Liberty."
The project was sponsored by a Kansas City businessman, J.P. Whitaker, who was then Scout Commissioner of the Kansas City Area Council. The copper statues were manufactured by Friedley-Voshardt Co. (Chicago, IL) and purchased through the Kansas City Boy Scout office by those wanting one. They are approximately 8 1/2 feet tall without the base, weigh 290 pounds, and originally cost $350 plus freight.
The Falls City one is mounted on a star shaped pedestal at the south west corner of the Richardson County Courthouse square and, in addition to the original 1950 dedication, it bears a 1985 re-dedication plaque celebrating the 75th anniversary of scouting.
Where is original located?: New York Harbor, New York
Where is this replica located?: Courthouse Square, Falls City, Nebraska
Who created the original?: Frederic Auguste Bartholdi
Internet Link about Original: http://www.nps.gov/archive/stli/prod02.htm
Year Original was Created (approx. ok): 1886
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