30 December 2008
How Much Does a Statue Run, Nowadays?
Posted by admin under: projects .
When I saw the story about a boy who is having a statue made for his Eagle project my immediate question was: how much do they cost? You don’t see a lot of statues being unveiled in modern times. I’ve seen a lot of monuments, but statues don’t seem to be too common. Does that mean they are expensive? Oh yeah. Jeremiah Stettler in the Salt Lake Tribune gives the accounting.
Almost anything would have been easier than this.
Boy Scout Tom Smith could have built picnic tables, cleared hiking trails or even assembled wheelchair ramps to earn his fraternity’s highest award. But he didn’t.
Instead, this Davis County scout embarked on a far more ambitious path to earn his Eagle by leading a campaign to build a $35,000 monument to celebrate a century of scouting.
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The centerpiece of Smith’s project is nearly finished: A 7-foot bronze statue of a uniformed scout crouched atop a ridge with one hand on his walking stick and the other shielding his eyes from the sun — a replica of a scout sketched by Baden-Powell in the early 1900s.
Wow. This is one ambitious young man. Tom Smith may sound like a common name, but it’s certain he will have a distinctive future.
Update: LOL. This guy thinks the statue should have a different look.
I think what Tom is doing for his Eagle project is commendable. This year the BSA will turn out several thousand Eagle Scouts just like him, good kids destined to become astronauts, inventors, captains of industry, and contributing members of society.
I just wish the statue commemorated the thousands upon thousands of boys like me who didn’t measure up all the way but still benefited enough from scouting to stay out of prison. Maybe an additional statue is in order, one featuring the Second Class spirit of scouting.
I’m thinking a statue of a half-naked kid covered with skeeter bites, burrs and scratches. He’s wearing a utility belt from which dangle a machete, a canteen, and an ammo pouch filled with candy. Half his hair is singed off, he’s got a fish hook through an ear, a Band-aid across his nose, and a raccoon under one arm. On the kid’s face is a look of indescribable joy.
- Very Specific Eagle Project
- Gun Blanks Are Not Safe
- Arson Fire Destroys Eagle Project
- Sarah Palin Went to Bat for Wasilla Eagle Project
- Saturday’s Eagle Nest – 11/29/2008
