This expansive 30-acre park offers a 180′ view of the city. It is also home to the National Battlefield Park headquarters and one of Richmond’s most unique statues, a miniature of the Statue of Liberty. The park house on the eastern edge of the park can be rented for small meetings or events, and the popular Church Hill Dog Park is located on the eastern lower terrace of the park. The Dog Park includes two areas: one for large dogs and one for small dogs. A miniature reproduction of the Statue of Liberty was dedicated in Chimborazo Park on February 11, 1951. A gift to the city by the Boy Scouts of Robert E. Lee Council in 1951, it was part of a nationwide campaign to "Strengthen the Arm of Liberty”. A Missourian, Jack P. Whitaker, conceived the idea of copying the original. He had the original made at his own expense and sold copies to Boy Scout councils throughout the country at cost. More than 100 statues were distributed (Richmond’s was No. 136). A local department store furnished the purchase price of $350 to Mr. Whitaker. Every Boy Scout in the council donated 25 cents, their names going on scrolls which were sealed in the statue’s base. This is a beautiful, out of the way park with an awesome miniature statue of liberty. There is also a medical museum on site, and several other caches nearby.
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A selfie would be fun too.
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