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  • Опубликовано: 2 июл 2022
  • Dropped onto a swampy field in Croaker, Va., they've become an accidental tourist attraction: gigantic, decaying busts - some 20 feet tall, and weighing several tons each - of every U.S. president from George Washington to George W. Bush. Correspondent Rita Braver visits the giant presidential sculptures that are turning a lot of people's heads.
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Комментарии • 203

  • @Adam-vo6tv
    @Adam-vo6tv 2 года назад +51

    Anyone else find it eerie how Lincoln's head was damaged in the back, just like resembling his assassination at Ford's Theater?

  • @Little-bird-told-me
    @Little-bird-told-me 2 года назад +41

    95 years old and the man is still doing what he loves. My hero is David

  • @lynnyhen
    @lynnyhen 2 года назад +44

    David Adickes is so talented and is still working at 95, amazing!

  • @rafaelortiz4170
    @rafaelortiz4170 2 года назад +16

    Why is this artist not widely recognized!!

  • @SantiagosFakeBeard
    @SantiagosFakeBeard 2 года назад +34

    Feel bad for Abe. He can’t catch a break.

    • @jdw0426
      @jdw0426 2 года назад +3

      Right? I was expecting JFK to be in similar shape after seeing Abe.

    • @debbralehrman5957
      @debbralehrman5957 2 года назад +3

      Yes Eerie where it broke.

  • @b1646717
    @b1646717 2 года назад +14

    There is a bad Lincoln assassination joke in all that

  • @A22DNAL
    @A22DNAL 2 года назад +11

    Had the pleasure of seeing the actual park in Williamsburg when it was up and running but starting to show its age. It is amazing how much I can see in the visitor's voices this experience means to them b/c it meant the same to me.

  • @joshdun3290
    @joshdun3290 2 года назад +15

    How ironic that Lincoln's head is blown out at the back?😭

  • @kellyrichardson8177
    @kellyrichardson8177 2 года назад +11

    For 90 yrs old you look marvelous

  • @devilpupbear09
    @devilpupbear09 2 года назад +7

    Damn, Lincoln can't catch a break

  • @thegenerikshow8545
    @thegenerikshow8545 2 года назад +45

    Remember going to that presidents park shortly after it opened in 04. Was a Great scenic park environment with panels next to each bust about the president as you wind through all of them in chronological order. Ended with a gift shop. I’m just glad to see the busts are still around, and that it’s at least open sometimes for people to see

    • @rezakarampour6286
      @rezakarampour6286 2 года назад +2

      A walk among giant Empty presidentiai head .

    • @lewstone5430
      @lewstone5430 2 года назад +1

      @reza karampour ha! So true!

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      @rezakarampour6286 2 года назад

      @@lewstone5430 Search : Noam Chomsky : The Crime of US Presidents '

    • @susanbrogan2517
      @susanbrogan2517 2 года назад +2

      They're an amazing likeness for the size.

    • @mrwaterschoot5617
      @mrwaterschoot5617 2 года назад

      @@rezakarampour6286 i will be politically incorrect. we could put the live former president trumpster and current live president binden and they would fit in very well. empty headed and not doing much good for the country and making a concrete statue of them would be a waste of good concrete.

  • @JWRay-xh9wl
    @JWRay-xh9wl 2 года назад +13

    As a sculptor,I felt the same when I visited Rushmore.
    I wanted to climb up there,touch the work,understand it.
    Borglums studio showed me everything...
    This is awesome what he did saving those....

    • @citrine65
      @citrine65 2 года назад

      I was at a park in Jersey City, NJ yesterday where
      there is a bear and a bison sculpture by his brother Solon Borglum.

    • @citrine65
      @citrine65 2 года назад

      Maybe it's a buffalo.

  • @jeanettemunoz7997
    @jeanettemunoz7997 2 года назад +10

    Thank you for preserving the part history for ourselves and our children to learn and remember those that help shape our country.

  • @trinidad2450
    @trinidad2450 2 года назад +3

    How cute, the sculptor didn’t realize he said a funny pun, “…they wouldn’t have gotten so busted up…”. So, the busts got busted up when they were moved. ❤️ 😊

  • @tobascoheat6582
    @tobascoheat6582 2 года назад +5

    Thank you for saving these artistic treasures. Please repair them or get the artist/creator of them to repair them -- while you still can! Thanks!

  • @lilithrogers5204
    @lilithrogers5204 2 года назад +8

    Well this is a fun and inspiring 4th of July story...Thank YOU!!😃

  • @HLR4th
    @HLR4th 2 года назад +37

    Should really name it “US Heads of State”. Very quirky and cool. America at its finest/weirdest.

  • @lewstone5430
    @lewstone5430 2 года назад +42

    The crumbling statues an outstanding metaphor of the decline of America. How literary! *BRAVO!*

  • @ediebaxter6194
    @ediebaxter6194 2 года назад +18

    Glad he decided to rescue them. Hopefully, the money coming in will help with restoration. The other guy, God bless him on what he does too.

  • @gmg9010
    @gmg9010 2 года назад +7

    Lincoln’s head omg it’s to perfect

  • @patticake4566
    @patticake4566 2 года назад +3

    The artist is fantastic.

  • @dcbenn
    @dcbenn 2 года назад +1

    Mr. Addicks,
    Thank you for using your gifts to preserve and to continue an important part of American history! 👍🏿🙏🏿😇

  • @Susie_Floozie
    @Susie_Floozie 2 года назад +5

    I heard about this a few years ago, but the article had no aerial shots of it. So, I opened up Google Earth and spent an evening poring over the satellite view until I found the field of prez heads. That search was so gratifying!

    • @Mybeforenafters
      @Mybeforenafters 2 года назад

      So do you have the directions for it or can you post a map link?

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  • @claudetteholloway2367
    @claudetteholloway2367 2 года назад +2

    Yes. HIS- STORY...

  • @richohobbyandart
    @richohobbyandart Год назад +1

    I visited the original Presidents Park in early 2004 after it had opened and remember speaking to Mr. Newman who opened and ran it back then. Very nice gentleman. I still have the coffee mug I bought that day at the souvenir shop.

  • @mrgreene3290
    @mrgreene3290 Месяц назад

    Renowned Texan artist David Adickes sculpted Presidential Heads, which rest in Houston, TX., makes these so amazing. He adjusts the busts depending on where they are to be located so they appear correct when viewed from the ground. I've been to his studio in Houston and it's amazing... there are a number of these busts in and around Houston, TX.

  • @rafaelortiz4170
    @rafaelortiz4170 2 года назад +6

    How awesome and how'd I miss those as a fan of nearby colonial billyburg?! A great report about an American recycler!!

  • @lauraharris8140
    @lauraharris8140 2 года назад +1

    That's respect. Thank you all.

  • @maryleebutvill5174
    @maryleebutvill5174 2 года назад +10

    I love them its like a giant chess set ,beautiful!

  • @pvttj8572
    @pvttj8572 2 года назад +5

    Mitch knew about the. C. O. U. P.

  • @juliaweber212
    @juliaweber212 2 года назад +2

    So awesome seriously

  • @smoothiegreenburg6065
    @smoothiegreenburg6065 2 года назад +8

    i used to drive by this on my way to work everyday and this guy has more people in his yard then the park ever did. right next to busch gardens and water country was a bizarre idea

  • @alanmorris7669
    @alanmorris7669 2 года назад +2

    It's a shame that someone with a lot of money didn't preserve this attraction ... but they'll spend a billion dollars for a yacht. SMH

  • @nightengale7163
    @nightengale7163 2 года назад +4

    So cool! 😎❤️🤍💙

  • @mililaniman
    @mililaniman 2 года назад +1

    I enjoy looking at statues. It is interesting to learn how these statues are made.

  • @lynortnort107
    @lynortnort107 Год назад +1

    Oh, why oh why isn't this wonderful collection called "HEADS of State"!!!???

  • @vernelledouglas1801
    @vernelledouglas1801 2 года назад +1

    Jackson is quite striking...May have had great hair in real life.

  • @JaylenPotts-zs2qw
    @JaylenPotts-zs2qw 12 дней назад

    Just amazing and special

  • @TheMjphoto45
    @TheMjphoto45 2 года назад +3

    Great story

  • @juliaweber212
    @juliaweber212 2 года назад +2

    This looks amazing

  • @Kateorok
    @Kateorok 2 года назад +9

    We should have something like this in my community.

    • @rezakarampour6286
      @rezakarampour6286 2 года назад

      You don't want to have something like this in your community .there is nothing to be proud of . Research

  • @juliaweber212
    @juliaweber212 2 года назад +3

    They need a presidental park federally owned

  • @mrXOwarrior
    @mrXOwarrior 2 года назад +6

    Why waste time fixing Andrew Jackson when Lincoln is broken? Still thats pretty cool.

  • @valeriereed5401
    @valeriereed5401 2 года назад +1

    very interesting story. i wouldn't mine visiting the park and seeing the statues

  • @justin4360
    @justin4360 2 года назад +1

    Ironic that Lincoln had damaged to the back of his head, eerily familiar

  • @glnnchrstphr9717
    @glnnchrstphr9717 2 года назад +2

    Did anyone catch how ironic it is that the back of Lincolns head is destroyed?

  • @4xphan661
    @4xphan661 6 месяцев назад

    So cool!!

  • @irvinetustin
    @irvinetustin 2 года назад +1

    When life gives you lemons, make lemonade :-)

  • @Cwgrlup
    @Cwgrlup Год назад

    These busts are so amazing.

  • @pohanahawaii
    @pohanahawaii 2 года назад +2

    😏 I like the zombie-esque vibes of some of these giant Presidential heads.

  • @TanningMiami
    @TanningMiami 2 года назад +2

    I wanna go oneday !

  • @joeydutton8074
    @joeydutton8074 2 года назад

    These used to be Target in Houston off of i-10. They were stored in an empty lot. So weird. Equally quirky and a bit of a roadside attraction.

  • @TruthHurtzandHealz
    @TruthHurtzandHealz 2 года назад

    This is symbolic as to what will happen to the history of America. A season for everything under the sun. Whatever country you live in on earth, just remember that it's only temporary and not worth praising.

  • @_MaxHeadroom_
    @_MaxHeadroom_ 2 года назад +1

    Unless the statues are stopped from decaying that place is going to look extremely creepy eventually

  • @juliaweber212
    @juliaweber212 2 года назад +1

    Freaken awesome

  • @Dizzyfingers2
    @Dizzyfingers2 2 года назад +3

    The definition of irony @1:47

  • @hifijohn
    @hifijohn 2 года назад +1

    The lincoln head is all too appropriate.

  • @abelnunez-guerrero3832
    @abelnunez-guerrero3832 2 года назад +2

    Very nice 🇺🇸

  • @robertwnorrisii9143
    @robertwnorrisii9143 2 года назад

    What a beautiful park.

  • @konsejitos
    @konsejitos 2 года назад +1

    I say they should be restored with the funds that are coming in from visitors, but kept at the same location, the creator seems to agree when he said he would had fix it.

  • @tommartinez62
    @tommartinez62 2 года назад

    You mean to say that there was room for more after Barry Soetoro's head was placed there or did they just reduce it about 90% so it would fit?

  • @abarzilai0334
    @abarzilai0334 2 года назад

    He should not repair them as they are it’s gives the feeling of walking among ancient ruins.

  • @kathyramos2924
    @kathyramos2924 2 года назад

    This place looks amazing😍😍

  • @bboppppppppppppp
    @bboppppppppppppp Год назад +1

    back of lincoln's head is open once again......

  • @franceswelch3170
    @franceswelch3170 2 года назад

    So cool

  • @80bbygrl
    @80bbygrl 2 года назад

    The sculptor is bummed they got broken after he asked to have them crushed?

  • @rr7firefly
    @rr7firefly 2 года назад

    Sadly, when the heads were moved the creator was not contacted. He knew how best to minimize or eliminate damage to them.

  • @SuperMarioAPA3968
    @SuperMarioAPA3968 Месяц назад

    Like Mt. Rushmore

  • @andybaldman
    @andybaldman 2 года назад +2

    Crumbling just like democracy.

  • @patrickmccarthy7877
    @patrickmccarthy7877 2 года назад

    I recognize them all.

  • @knlacrosse
    @knlacrosse 2 года назад

    Lincoln just can't keep is head together.

  • @debbralehrman5957
    @debbralehrman5957 2 года назад +2

    I do wish that they would do a Go Fund Me
    to keep them from getting any worse. They really aren't that old. I'm glad he didn't crush them. 🎆🇺🇸🎇 Happy 4th of July.

  • @alexthompson9516
    @alexthompson9516 2 года назад

    "Bleeding Head Good, Healed Head Bad!"

  • @maggiemae7539
    @maggiemae7539 2 года назад

    No graven images!

  • @Ieo9017
    @Ieo9017 2 года назад

    Wonder why he chose to restore Jackson over others?

  • @Grahzzyvtvlog
    @Grahzzyvtvlog 2 года назад

    ozzy was there

  • @WYRPODCAST
    @WYRPODCAST 2 года назад

    Imagine future citizens digging these up wondering what these strange statues are

    • @earthangel8730
      @earthangel8730 2 года назад

      What future citizens. Humanity will be "lucky" and mostly miserable to survive another 200-300 years. Human accelerated climate change doesn't give a crap if you deny it. The Earth is 🔥 up.

  • @mesropmadzharyan6727
    @mesropmadzharyan6727 2 года назад +1

    He’s gotta get orange paint if he’s gonna do Trumps head

  • @GH-oi2jf
    @GH-oi2jf 2 года назад

    Rapid City, S.D. is a better place to see statues of presidents.

  • @Rean-the-Bean
    @Rean-the-Bean 2 года назад

    God Bless America 🇺🇸!!

    • @earthangel8730
      @earthangel8730 2 года назад

      Which god would that be?

    • @Rean-the-Bean
      @Rean-the-Bean 2 года назад

      @@earthangel8730 if you have to ask you should go find one that YOU believe in. Good luck & God Bless you .

  • @scipioafricanus6275
    @scipioafricanus6275 2 года назад +1

    Thus the modern EGYPTIANS....

  • @donmyers945
    @donmyers945 2 года назад

    Lincoln looks like somebody shot the back of his head off! Oh wait ... I guess it is just photorealism :(

  • @patrickmccarthy7877
    @patrickmccarthy7877 2 года назад

    Henry Winkler resembles Andrew Jackson.

  • @jfranklin9549
    @jfranklin9549 2 года назад +1

    Presidential Moai

  • @jaydibernardo4320
    @jaydibernardo4320 2 года назад +1

    Something like this belongs on Route 66.

  • @stephengolden6080
    @stephengolden6080 2 года назад

    They've all had "big heads," and still do!😑

  • @drannoc100
    @drannoc100 2 года назад +1

    What has our nation become? Hope they can be repaired…

  • @fabianlang7537
    @fabianlang7537 2 года назад +4

    Wonder what history will think about trump's childish behavior?

    • @tomh6183
      @tomh6183 2 года назад

      Wonder what history will think of joe’s idiotic comments and behavior.You can be rest assured that no one in the future will call his presidency “the good old days “.

  • @godzillaeatsushi4979
    @godzillaeatsushi4979 2 года назад +2

    Please don’t do trump.

  • @ryanreedgibson
    @ryanreedgibson 2 года назад +7

    It's not a time in history for me to be proud to be an American. What we did in Iraq and the actions of Trump disgust me.

  • @2012photograph
    @2012photograph 2 года назад

    You know shame that education institutions should bring back Civics .

  • @libertyann439
    @libertyann439 2 года назад +1

    Well, democracy is dying. Why not the statues?

  • @tanstephens8695
    @tanstephens8695 2 года назад +1

    Where is Obama

  • @JohnSmith-zw8vp
    @JohnSmith-zw8vp 2 года назад

    Hey where's Trump and Biden?
    Hey, be patient! No sense getting a head of ourselves! :D

  • @lp-xl9ld
    @lp-xl9ld 2 года назад

    Does he have Grover Cleveland twice😄

  • @DavidS22003
    @DavidS22003 2 года назад

    do you have any plans to do a presidental bust on donald trump or joe biden

  • @erixxxblue2698
    @erixxxblue2698 2 года назад

    charging people to see those heads now...good grift

  • @luisvillafane3210
    @luisvillafane3210 2 года назад

    Why is there no Barack Obama, Donald Trump, and Joe Biden in this collection?

    • @emessenger922
      @emessenger922 2 года назад +2

      The park closed in 04. The sculptor is currently working on Barack.

  • @gerrellewilson9228
    @gerrellewilson9228 2 года назад

    they forgot one more president, OBAMA WHERE'S HE AT

    • @fenian123
      @fenian123 2 года назад +1

      4:00

    • @andybaldman
      @andybaldman 2 года назад

      Try watching the whole video.
      And get a better attention span.