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07-02-2011, 09:54 AM
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#1574
07-02-2011, 02:22 PM
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#1575
07-03-2011, 07:03 AM
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#1577
07-04-2011, 10:13 AM
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'Knuckleheads' celebrate 25th anniversary of miniature Statue of Liberty on Susquehanna River
 Examining a photo from the middle-of-the-night deed, you expect to spot beer cans. The gang of 20-somethings had just hoisted Lady Liberty onto her perch atop an old railroad pier in the middle of the Susquehanna River. Yet no beers were cracked until later. Gene Stilp led a group onto the Susquehanna River in 1986 to hoist Lady Liberty atop an old railroad pier. ?We were 32 feet in the air, and it was pitch black, and we had to be very careful,? says Gene Stilp, the ringleader of what seemed more stunt than enduring act of patriotism. Now Stilp is marking the 25th anniversary of the statue, located on a stretch of river just north of Harrisburg. He arranged a commemorative stamp cancellation and a commemorative coin, and he?s conducting a contest for a song about the statue. ?Of all the replicas across America, it?s one of the larger ones,? says Stilp, 61, who?s also inclined to think it occupies the best location. Stilp got the idea in 1986, during the run-up to the 100th birthday of the real Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor. He built it out of plywood and old venetian blinds in a friend?s garage in Harrisburg. Hoisting the 450-pound object onto the pier, without drawing attention from authorities, was bound to be a tricky and potentially deadly feat. It involved about a dozen people. Stilp says it wasn?t hard to recruit them. ?I?d say, ?Come on over to the garage. I have something to show you. I need people who can keep a secret, and who have the skills to do this,?? he says. On July 1, 1986, just after dinner time, they towed the statue through Harrisburg on a boat trailer. Stilp was surprised it didn?t arouse much curiosity. It was still light when they assembled along the Susquehanna. They loaded the statue on the biggest jon boat they could get. As darkness fell they paddled out into the river ? two boats and two canoes... Continued here: Code:
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#1578
07-04-2011, 01:40 PM
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#1579
07-04-2011, 06:41 PM
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Content, Pictures and Download links visible to registered users only. REGISTER NOW to access all areas that are invisible to non-members. the actual statue of liberty was supposed to rest near the pyramids in egypt but the egytian government declined because they didn't want something so new near the pyramids. so the 3 that built the statue agreed to ask the US if they would accept it and the government agreed to placing it in NYC where it is today
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#1580
07-04-2011, 11:31 PM
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