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Related: About this forumThe Winning Sand Sculpture of the 2019 Texas Sand Sculpture Festival
Damon Langlois has been awarded 1st Place for his incredible sand sculpture, Liberty Crumbling, at the 2019 Texas SandFest. The 23rd annual Texas SandFest drew 35,000 people to Port Aransas, Texas and is recognized as the largest native-sand sculpture competition in the United States.
Texas SandFests mission is to give back to the community by raising funds for local charities and scholarships for high school students. This year they raised $355,000 usd and have raised $1,261,750 usd for charities in the last 8 years.
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The Winning Sand Sculpture of the 2019 Texas Sand Sculpture Festival (Original Post)
TexasTowelie
May 2019
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Bluepinky
(2,260 posts)1. That's incredible! And to think it's made of sand and will be gone soon.
JudyM
(29,122 posts)4. Hopefully the same isn't the case with our democracy.
Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)2. Great work.
I wonder if any republicans will see it? It certainly applies in the age we are living in, doesn't it? Too bad it is not more permanent. Congratulations to the artist. Thanks for posting.
TexasTowelie
(111,313 posts)3. You're welcome.
One of those weird things that I ran across tonight while having fun on the Internet. Sometimes a facepalm says so much.