| Show jackson statue snafu e rests at last president Unload un loads sIt it on hometown Home town court independence MO dent truman finally unloaded a 12 foot 10 ot equestrian eques irlan statue of one of his bis favorite charac characters ten andrew jackson i to n with about 1500 fellow jackson count lans looking on he gave the statue of old to the tha county countr it took the president 18 15 years to dispose of the statue but everybody body seemed happy when margaret truman unveiled it in weather on the tha courthouse lawn when he was presiding judge of the county court truman thought it would be a fuse fine idea to have a jackson statue in fronton front of the new courthouse in ill kansada city the county got so big it needed two courthouses the larger is in kansas city sculptor charles keck new york got the lob job apparently sculptors warin warm up just like baseball pitch ers era first kecki aeck turned out at a very small adall job then a life stze size one and finally the double size she one which now stands in kansas city he gave the miniature and the life size ones to truman who yields to no na man in his admiration of old hickory the no smallest and the largest offered no problem truman took the little job for his desk and the ill big 9 one was unveiled in front of the kansas city courthouse court houfe in 1034 by margaret dut but it so simple to decide what to do with the middle sized one tt rt Is not cot small enough to keep in 14 th s house hous 0 and it Is too big to put ta in front yard truman said today it occurred to hm him how yar it was just the right to 90 g with i the independence courthouse so he offered it to several successive county courts no takers |
