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.
So there’s no more President’s Park? I took my boys there when they were younger and they loved it! I am sad to hear this. What a disappointment. I hope they can figure out how to display them at that private family farm and have people visit them there.
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.
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Glad that they are protected. Funny how 44 was so bad the owner had to sell his land. Should skip 44 and go straight to 45.
What did 44 do anyways? What was his legacy again? Giving money to terrorists? Being the first gay president? Idk
So there’s no more President’s Park? I took my boys there when they were younger and they loved it! I am sad to hear this. What a disappointment. I hope they can figure out how to display them at that private family farm and have people visit them there.
We need these in the soon to be created MAGAland.
He did 43 Presidents.
And that means he stopped right before...
Top. Kek.