it was once customary for American patriots to display portraits of Lincoln & Washington in their homes
this Christmas, revive the tradition with our American Heroes ornaments, made in the USA! ๐บ๐ธ
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TIL after 9/11, Green Berets rode into combat on horseback in Afghanistan, the first US troops to do so since WWII
a horse trainer saw photos and sculpted an 18 inch statue
anonymous Wall Street bankers who lost friends on 9/11 funded a 16 ft version overlooking Ground Zero
TIL Portland commissioned a sculptor to turn the woman on its seal into a giant figure for its new building
the 37 ft tall copper statue nearly bankrupted him, so local businesses donated a 5,000 mile train ride, cranes, and a barge
250 boats escorted Portlandia into the city
TIL a developer built a 65 ft tall elephant on the Jersey Shore so buyers could climb inside, look over his beach lots, and buy real estate
decades later, when a landowner wanted it demolished, locals raised money and moved the 90-ton sculpture through the streets to save it