[lbo-talk] Government powers (was: Emailer setting request)

Michael Pugliese debsian at pacbell.net
Thu Jun 12 12:35:34 PDT 2003


As previously mentioned, Fremont is an artist's paradise - that should be obvious the moment you cross the Fremont bridge and stumble across a 7-ton bronze statue of the one-and-only Vladimir Lenin.

The story goes that the statue was originally designed by Emil Vontov and erected in Slovakia in the twilight of the Communist era, which didn't sit too well in the late 80's, and poor Vlad found himself torn down by angry counter-revolutionaries in 1989. Issaquah native Lewis Carpenter found Lenin lying face down in a puddle, bought the statue, and brought it back to Seattle. Today, Lenin has found a new home at the Little Village, located in a former garage on N. 35th Street, with a new concrete pedestal firmly underfoot. See, photo, http://www.beans-around-the- world.com/fremont.html



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