Last week, we told you why the Statue of George Washington in the Public Garden was under wraps.
Today, we give you photos of our first Commander in Chief all polished up and renewed. The conservators have even replaced his sword blade.
Unfortunately, the replacement blades are plastic, these days, since this part of the memorial is so often vandalized.
The art conservators who work to restore this statue (and know what they are doing) won't climb on it without building a scafolding to protect the fragile base of the monument.
But, obviously the criminal element who climb it to steal the sword or deface it with promotional material for area sporting events don't care if they damage it.
Nor, do they care about the people who come here from all over the world and would like to take a photograph of the statue with the sword and without the addition of a tacky sports ad.
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Words: Penny Cherubino
Photography: © 2013 Ed Cherubino
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