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Article: Walking with presidents.(SHAKEOUT: In case you didn't know ...)(City of Presidents Foundation )(Brief article)
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- Modern Casting
- Article date:
- July 1, 2006
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Visitors to Rapid City, N.D., will find themselves among some of the greatest leaders of the U.S. They can share a sidewalk with Andrew Jackson, have a seat with Martin Van Buren or check Thomas Jefferson's spelling in the U.S. Constitution.
Since 2000, the City of Presidents Foundation has set out to commission and install life-size sculptures of every American president in downtown Rapid City. So far, 22 of these bronze sculptures have been completed, including George Washington, John Adams, Harry Truman, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush.
The bronze sculptures are created by four artists from the region (a fifth artist will help out with ...