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Male statue of liberty in Charleston?
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| Feb 3, 2010
Posted on 02/09/2010 2:45:17 PM PST by Between the Lines
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) - Patriot’s Point Development Authority heard a presentation that included the suggestion of erecting a male counterpart of the Statue of Liberty in the Charleston Harbor.
At Tuesday’s monthly board meeting, Rodney Cook, of the National Monument Foundation suggested that a male version of Lady Liberty could house a museum about South Carolina’s role in the Civil War.
The statue would be the same size as the one in New York City, and cost about $150 million. Most of that money would come from the private sector.
Nick Tompkins, the spokesperson for Patriot’s Point wrote in an email, “This is one of many presentations or ideas that our Board has been asked to consider for Patriots Point’s Master Plan.“ Tompkins also said, the board did not take any action on the presentation.
TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: art; charleston; liberty; statue
To: Between the Lines
Can we name him Atlas, and just make sure to cover the privates.
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posted on
02/09/2010 2:46:42 PM PST
by
GeronL
(Dignity is earned from yourself. Respect is earned from others.)
To: Between the Lines
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posted on
02/09/2010 2:47:10 PM PST
by
Shermy
(Palin on illegal aliens: "if they're not going to follow the rules, they need to get out")
To: Between the Lines
it looks like
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posted on
02/09/2010 2:47:52 PM PST
by
omega4179
To: Between the Lines
The Colossus of... Charleston?
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posted on
02/09/2010 2:49:27 PM PST
by
Rodebrecht
(No army can stop an idea whose time has come.)
To: Rodebrecht
What a nutty idea! This is not needed there.
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posted on
02/09/2010 2:53:34 PM PST
by
bytesmith
To: Between the Lines
I hope he is saying “Go the hell home!”
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posted on
02/09/2010 2:54:42 PM PST
by
Gaffer
("Profling: The only profile I need is a chalk outline around their dead ass!")
To: Between the Lines
I can think of 150 better uses for 150M dollars...
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posted on
02/09/2010 2:55:57 PM PST
by
goldfinch
To: Between the Lines
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posted on
02/09/2010 3:12:04 PM PST
by
T Minus Four
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To: Between the Lines
“...erecting a male...”
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Nice choice of words.
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posted on
02/09/2010 3:13:26 PM PST
by
lp boonie
(Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment)
To: Between the Lines
Who has that pic of the double facepalm?
(When mere words are simply insufficient.)
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posted on
02/09/2010 3:25:38 PM PST
by
NaughtiusMaximus
(Science:exploring the mystery of universe. Scientism:wearing labcoats and getting grants.)
To: Between the Lines
Patriot’s Point is a nice place to visit some ships, but a 150M for a statue?
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posted on
02/09/2010 3:55:52 PM PST
by
A Strict Constructionist
(How long before we are forced to refresh the Tree of Liberty? Sic semper tryannis)
To: Between the Lines
Large nude or semi nude 150 million dollar male statues would make more sense in Provincetown MA. than anywhere else.
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posted on
02/09/2010 4:16:48 PM PST
by
IrishCatholic
(No local Communist or Socialist Party Chapter? Join the Democrats, it's the same thing!)
To: Rodebrecht
***The Colossus of... Charleston?***
Just till the next big earthquake! ;-D
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posted on
02/09/2010 6:01:01 PM PST
by
Ruy Dias de Bivar
(GP-35 Grande Puissance-1935 and S&W .44)
To: Between the Lines
They can take a fraction of that money and fix the USS Yorktown and the other ships at Patriot’s Point back up into top shape and have a much better tourist attraction. The Yorktown is in such bad shape the Navy’s seriously contemplating taking it back and scrapping it.
}:-)4
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posted on
02/10/2010 7:00:06 AM PST
by
Moose4
(Wasting away again in Michaelnifongville.)
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