And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
As a kid, I met one of the carvers. He showed us a picture of himself on Abraham Lincoln's nose. It was before OSHA. He was sitting on a board suspended like a swing from above so where. Not a safety harness in sight. Somehow they did the job.
Stopped there more than once with our children driving from Cali headed east for a summer vacation 30+ years ago. An amazing accomplishment that binds us all,
As a kid, I met one of the carvers. He showed us a picture of himself on Abraham Lincoln's nose. It was before OSHA. He was sitting on a board suspended like a swing from above so where. Not a safety harness in sight. Somehow they did the job.
ReplyDeleteI saw that pic too, it was in Life magazine.
DeleteAlways impressed how they carved such large faces that resembled each president so accurately, from up close.
ReplyDeleteAnd I think the stone is granite. Not a soft stone or easy to carve. I had to drill a hole in a piece and it was a nightmare
DeleteStopped there more than once with our children driving from Cali headed east for a summer vacation 30+ years ago. An amazing accomplishment that binds us all,
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to see President Trump's face added.
ReplyDeleteI can.
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