[americanSoul]

The people who make this a miniature Canada are my friends and neighbors

Are these the same that voted for having a giant statue of Lenin put up in the city?

[ppaul]

Lenin in Seattle

[Publius]

Are these the same that voted for having a giant statue of Lenin put up in the city?

Nobody voted to put up a giant statue of Lenin in the city.

The Fremont district of Seattle is the bohemian area of the city, known for its ethnic restaurants, brewpubs and statuary. One well known statue is "Waiting for the Interurban", which unfortunately is not on the street upon which the interurban ran from 1911-40. The Lenin statue was purchased by the Fremont Chamber of Commerce when the Soviet Union had its going-out-of-business sale. The Chamber bought it as a conversation piece.

I suggested to the Chamber that they buy a statue of Saddam Hussein from Iraq and put it next to Lenin as a matched set.