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Entry: How the Lady of Justice Got Her Groove (and Her Arm) Back - A87880521
Author: Dmitri Gheorgheni - U1590784

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I enjoyed this Entry.

There used to be a Conservation Museum in Liverpool, and people were allowed to go on tours of the conservation workshop. A bronze Queen Victoria was in there for a long time, but as far as I'm aware it was just weathering that they were repairing and all her limbs were intact. I like how this Entry draws attention to statues that are always there, but not always noticed...

That's a nice read, and interesting.

I'll second what SashaQ said about drawing attention to statues.
I think it was on this site that someone once said to me "you really should always look at the top of buildings : that's where the builders/architects will have spent the money they had left at the end".

Just one tiny little typo : "statute" instead of "statue".

Nobody would *dare* shoot at a statue of Queen Victoria.

Thanks, Superfrenchie! Fixed it.

You know, that's a good thought about where the money goes.

Unlike Queen Victoria herself, who survived 7 assassination attempts…

Mind you, there are protestors who want a statue of Victoria removed from Oxford University:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3480122/Now-Cecil-Rhodes-protesters-call-statue-Queen-Victoria-removed-Students-campaigning-colonisation-British-universities-claim-relic-long-reigning-monarch-racist.html

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My completely unsubstantiated tall-tale theory of why the statue has bullet holes in is that the last surviving passenger pigeon was sitting on it.

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That's a sad thought, BB, but probably accurate.

This is interesting and a fun read.

Despite the official record, it does sound as though someone was using the Lady of Justice for shooting practice!

I suspect there are lots of neglected, damaged or derided public statues. London is probably full of them. Statues of men who were lauded at the time but are now either forgotten or regarded as wicked imperialists.

My sister's opinion matched yours, MVP. She's convinced it was target practice.

I suspect out-of-favour statues are phenomenon that transcends cultural boundaries. Could we it the 'Ozymandias Factor'?

'Look at my mighty right arm and despair!'

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Of course, if she'd lost both arms you could call her the Justice de Milo...

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