A Charming View of the Statue of Liberty Traditional Cache
Team Taran: I think this one has had a good run and I can no longer maintain it so I will open the area for a new cache.
A Charming View of the Statue of Liberty
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This is a small cache placed to highlight one of the many interesting sites along the Memorial Parkway in Utica.
My original choice of location provided a better view but when I got ready to hide the cache, I discovered a letterbox so I chose a slightly different spot.
The cache contains a logbook and a pencil and an assortment of charms. Feel free to swap if you have a suitable item or just take a charm to remember the cache. Let me know in your log if the stock is running low.
The statue mentioned in the title of the cache was donated to Utica by The Boy Scouts of America. It was part of their fortieth anniversary celebration in 1950 with the theme of "Strengthen the Arm of Liberty". Between 1949 and 1952, approximately two hundred 100-inch (2.5 m) replicas of the statue, made of stamped copper, were purchased by Boy Scout troops and donated in 39 states in the U.S. and several of its possessions and territories. The project was the brainchild of 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. The statues are approximately 8½ feet (2.6 m) tall without the base, constructed of sheet copper, weigh 290 pounds (130 kg), and originally cost $350 plus freight. The mass-produced statues are not great art nor meticulously accurate (a conservator notes that "her face isn't as mature as the real Liberty. It's rounder and more like a little girl's"), but they are cherished, particularly since 9/11.
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