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Replicas of the Statue of Liberty by the Boy Scouts of America

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Replicas of the Statue of Liberty by the Boy Scouts of America is a collection of nearly 200 small replicas of Bartholdi's Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlighting the World) placed around the United States as part of the Boy Scouts of America's 40th anniversary (1950). According to a March 1986 Fact Sheet from the Boy Scouts of America, the idea for the project originated with Jack Whitaker, 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 Scouts office.

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The statues are approximately 8 1/2 feet tall without the base, constructed of sheet copper, weigh 290 pounds, and originally cost $350 plus freight.

The following is an incomplete list of where the statues were placed or are located in 2016. There is also a replica in Arecibo, Puerto Rico.

Alabama

  • Birmingham, Liberty Park just off I-459, next to Birmingham Area BSA Council Office

    • Arkansas

  • Fayetteville, Washington Regional Medical Center, North Street
  • Pine Bluff , 10th Avenue between Georgia & State Streets on Esplanade opposite South Side Civic Center
  • Sherwood, Amy Sanders Brach Library, 31 Shelby Road

    • California

  • Bellflower, John Simms Park, 16601 South Clark Avenue

    • Florida

  • Orlando, Magnolia & Orange Avenue

    • Georgia

  • Atlanta, Georgia State Capitol, Northwest corner of Capitol grounds. Corner of Washington Street & Martin Luther King Drive
  • Rome, at Camp Sidney Dew

    • Idaho

  • Caldwell, Caldwell Memorial Park, Near Grant Street

    • Illinois

  • London Mills, Village Veteran Park,
  • Warsaw, Rolston Park,

    • Indiana

  • Dupont, Camp Louis Ernst, B.S.A., 75 feet west of Indiana SR 7
  • Gary, 401 Broadway, City Hall
  • Madison, Jefferson County Courthouse, Northwest corner
  • Peru, Miami County Courthouse, Courthouse square, south side
  • Plymouth, Marshall County Commissioners, Marshall County Courthouse
  • South Bend, Old Courthouse, 101 South Main Street

    • Kentucky

  • Leitchfield, Grayson County Courthouse

    • Massachusetts

  • Fall River, John F. Kennedy Park, Corner of Bradford & Broadway Avenue
  • Lawrence, Lawrence Public Library

    • Michigan

  • Mackinac Island, Mackinac Island Marina

    • Minnesota

  • Hibbing, City Hall, 401 East 21st Street

    • Mississippi

  • Columbus, located on Main Street

    • Montana

  • Great Falls, Gibson Park, Park Drive & 2nd Avenue North
  • Lewistown, Prospect & Main Streets

    • Nebraska

  • Columbus, Pawnee Park, 33rd Avenue
  • Fremont, Masonic Park, 77 & Highway 30
  • Gering, U & 10th
  • Grand Island, Pier Park
  • Hastings, 12th Street
  • Lincoln, Antelope Park
  • Norfolk, Central Park, 510 Pasewalk Avenue
  • Scottsbluff, 10th & North 27th Street

    • New York

  • Le Roy, Wolcott Street, Opposite Woodward Memorial Library
  • Niagara Falls, Rainbow Bridge Plaza
  • Oneonta, Neawha Park
  • Schenectady, Van Curler Park
  • Utica, Median between Elm Street & Pleasant Street

    • North Carolina

  • Wilmington, City Hall, Front lawn, northeast corner of Third & Princess Streets

    • North Dakota

  • Fargo, Main & 2nd Streets

    • Oregon

  • Medford, Hawthorne Park, Near Almond & Main

    • Pennsylvania

  • Berwick, Borough Hall, Market Street
  • Bloomsburg, Bloomsburg Memorial Elementary School, West 5th & South Market Streets
  • Ellwood City, Lincoln High School, 5th & Crescent Avenue
  • New Castle, Owen Penfield Fox Park, Mill & Grove Streets
  • York, Kiwanis Park, North Newberry Street & Parkway Boulevard, On island in lake

    • South Carolina

  • Columbia, Realtors Park, Intersection of Barnwell, Blossom & Devine Streets

    • Texas

  • Dallas, Fair Park, North side of Hall of State
  • Midland, Midland County Courthouse, 200 West Wall Street
  • Port Arthur, Lions Park

    • Virginia

  • Richmond, Chimborazo Park

    • West Virginia

  • Fairmont , Legion Post #17, 207 Jefferson Street

    • Wisconsin

  • Kenosha, Civic Center Park, Kenosha
  • Madison, Warner Park, Corner of Northport & Sherman Avenue

    • Wyoming

  • Torrington, Goshen County Courthouse, N.E. corner of 21st Avenue & East A Street
  • Wheatland, Platte County Courthouse, 800 9th Street

    • References

    Replicas of the Statue of Liberty by the Boy Scouts of America Wikipedia
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