Madness in Minnesota at unveiling of statues - Peanuts

[dArKeR]

Minnesota - Three bronze statues of the Peanuts gang are now permanent residents in downtown St Paul's Landmark Centre.

The bronze statues are a tribute to the late cartoonist Charles Schulz, a Minnesota native who created the Peanuts comic strip. Schulz died of colon cancer at 77 in February 2000.

Thousands braved Sunday's cool weather to attend a party in the park at Landmark Plaza and Rice Park, where the statues went on display.

The city raised the funds for the works by auctioning off polyurethane Peanuts sculptures that were set up around town during the past four summers.

The statues are of Charlie Brown seated with Snoopy on his lap, Schroeder playing his piano with Lucy leaning across it and Linus and Sally looking over a stone wall.

http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=29&art_id=qw1064322901864B221&set_id=1

Cold weather, errrrrrr!

[hlthe2b]

1. Sheesh...no pictures?

How can they cover an event like this and not have at least one photo? arrrgh!

[Dudley_DUright]

2. Could not find photos of the bronze statues

but here are lots of the plastic statues they auctioned off that were all over town. My brother lives in St. Paul and is a lifelong peanuts fan (as am I), but never said a word about them. Thanks for sharing bro!

http://www.davidaerickson.com/peanuts/charlie/