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Stormhaven
09-02-2004, 01:15 PM
http://www.mytelus.com/news/article.do?pageID=cp_oddities_home&articleID=1701498

Wednesday, Sep 01, 2004

Soldier's statue hit below belt as New York makes unkindest cut

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Government cutbacks are hitting a continental soldier below the belt.
The statue of Copper John, a continental soldier that sits atop the state's Auburn Correctional Facility, was removed earlier this summer for renovation. The beloved figure is set to return to his perch this fall, albeit a lesser man.

Workers sprucing up the 156-year-old statue were told to reduce the size of Copper John's crotch.

Neither the prison's superintendent nor the state Department of Correctional Services would discuss the reason for the order. However, department spokeswoman Linda Foglia did confirm the alteration had been made.

Kerech
09-02-2004, 01:30 PM
Ouch... poor John :(

Must be a slow news day in New York what with the Republican Convention, the heightened terror alert and the U.S. Open all going on... :)

Panamah
09-02-2004, 02:21 PM
Hmm... maybe some republicans were feeling inadequate between the comparison between themselves and Copper John.

Sheesh... wtf kind of morons go around editing the privates on old historical statues? I guess the same kind of idiots that put the fig leaf on David. What next, a bikini top on Venus d'Milo?