Frank Luke Statue Restored
Posted By elmocho On September 25, 2008 @ 10:12 pm In Community, Gossip | Comments Disabled
On August 28-29, powerful monsoon storms laid low the lone statue on the Arizona State Capitol Mall: That of World War One Ace Frank Luke Jr. [1] for whom Luke Air Force Base [2] is named. Gouges in the branch of a nearby palo verde [3] indicated it probably smacked the statue right off its high pedestal.
Maintenance crews took the statue the following weekend, but returned it September 22 with a new coat of varnish. They also sawed off the dangerous branch.
The statue and base had previously been knocked down by a drunk driver early New Year’s Day in 1963, when it was closer to 17th Avenue and Washington went straight west, instead of diverting to Adams as it now does.
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[1] Frank Luke Jr. : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Luke
[2] Luke Air Force Base: http://www.luke.af.mil/
[3] palo verde: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkinsonia_florida
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