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Uncle Sam is On His Way Home to Danbury
The colossus has been reclaimed from an amusement park in Lake George.
DANBURY, CT — The rumors are true: the statue of Uncle Sam is coming home to Danbury.
Before there was a Danbury Fair Mall, there was a Danbury Fair, and those festivities were presided over by a 38-foot statue of Uncle Sam. The colossus held court in the city from 1971 to 1981, at which time it was purchased by the Magic Forest Amusement Park in Lake George, NY.
Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton has not kept his desire to reclaim the icon a secret, and today took to Twitter to announce that the Big Man was finally on his way back:
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It's on. Like Donkey Kong. #unclesam #DanburyPride (Picture by Jenn Miller) https://t.co/VsK2shPwHZ https://t.co/ieHJiFIUrA pic.twitter.com/25k30Rs2Yg
— Mayor Mark Boughton (@MayorMark) December 20, 2018
The statue was hauled onto a flatbed Thursday morning and is expected home before nightfall.
Sam will need a little love before before he is settled into his permanent and yet-to-be-disclosed new digs in the city. Restoration of the statue is scheduled for this winter.
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Getting close. Our man will need a restoration. But he will tower over CT. #DanburyPride #unclesam https://t.co/TXh9CnB532 https://t.co/ieHJiG0vQa pic.twitter.com/wcj1uoMwYV
— Mayor Mark Boughton (@MayorMark) December 20, 2018
The restoration of the world's largest Uncle Sam statue will be performed in a hangar at the Danbury Airport, according to the News Times.
Photo via Danbury Public Works/@MayorMark Twitter feed
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