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Cat in the Hat Fish

The Twin Cities have the Peanuts statues, Red Wing has the big Red Wing Shoes. Virginia has fish statues. They aren't as large as the other two, but they are very cute. The picture below is of the Cat in the Hat fish. As with the statues in Minnesota, each fish was designed by an artist and the proceeds from the sale went to charity. Other fish include the Michelangelo, the Phantom of the Opera, and the Virgina Hoos (a college sports team) fishes.

BTW, I have no idea why they chose fish.

catinthehatfish.jpg

Posted by Hope L. Johnson on May 26, 2007 11:16 PM |

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Apparently, Fredericksburg is Fintastic!!!

Posted by: Kate | May 29, 2007 02:11 AM

Was Chicago the first city to do this? They had cows, years ago.

http://www.chicagotraveler.com/cows_on_parade.htm

Posted by: Rebecca | June 19, 2007 05:02 PM

i will have to look for the cows in chicago next time i'm there. hopefully this fall. the big shoes in red wing were equally intriguing to me. i'm not exactly sure why these things interest me. maybe because they are kinda fun.

Posted by: hope | June 22, 2007 04:13 AM

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