These decaying statues of former United States presidents were once on view in Virginia’s Presidents Park. They were made by Huston-based sculptor David Adickes, measuring in height from 18-20 feet. In 2010, after six years of standing, they were abandoned, due to the lack of financial funding and a lack of interest.
The statues were rescued by Howard Hankins from Croaker, Virginia, about 10 miles from Williamsburg. He hopes to have them rescued and restored one day.
The hungry world cannot be fed until and unless the growth of its resources and the growth of its population come into balance. Each man and woman – and each nation – must make decisions of conscience and policy in the face of this great problem. ~ LBJ
Being confident of our own future, we are now free of that inordinate fear of communism which once led us to embrace any dictator who joined us in that fear. ~ Jimmy Carter, 1977
It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their own selfish purposes. ~ Andrew Jackson
When even one American - who has done nothing wrong - is forced by fear to shut his mind and close his mouth -
then all Americans are in peril. ~ Harry S. Truman, 1951
Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another; but let him labor diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence when built. ~ Lincoln, 1864
Free government cannot long endure if property is largely in a few hands, and large masses of people are unable to earn homes, education, and a support in old age. ~ Rutherford B. Hayes
They make it their own choice for staying out there. There are shelters in virtually every city, and shelters here, and those people still prefer out there on the grates or the lawn to going into one of those shelters. ~ Reagan, 1988
If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich. ~ JFK
For if Men are to be precluded from offering their Sentiments on a matter, which may involve the most serious and alarming consequences, that can invite the consideration of Mankind, reason is of no use to us; the freedom of Speech may be taken away, and, dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep, to the Slaughter. ~ George Washington, 1783