Lenin Statue Seattle Meme

Lenin statue is loved hated and very fremont originally published april 12 2015 at 6 47 pm updated august 24 2017 at 8 59 pm back to story restart gallery.

Lenin statue seattle meme. It remains untouched it remains. This fits in with the entire fremont vibe this is where it has to be. The statue of lenin seattle is a 16 ft 5 m bronze statue of communist revolutionary vladimir lenin by bulgarian sculptor emil venkov. It s often found itself at the center of controversy though with opponents decrying lenin s role in the red terror along with a variety of other human rights violations.

More accurately the 16 foot tall bronze statue of vladimir lenin in the fremont neighborhood of seattle where i ve lived since 2013. This over size statue of lenin is right downtown in fremont. I mean they have a troll a rocket ship a center of the universe sign dinosuars and the waiting for the interurban statue. A new bill proposed by a group of 14 republicans in the state legislature would convene a work group to find a suitable replacement for seattle s iconic vladimir lenin statue.

It was completed and put on display in the czechoslovak socialist republic in 1988 the year before the velvet revolution of 1989. Lenin was a calculating cold blooded killer. Or as my friend and former gaypatriot blogger bruce carroll dryly observed on facebook yesterday there is a statue of mass murderer lenin in seattle. In a 1993 seattle times letter to the editor published shortly after the statue arrived reader nick shultz questioned the presence of the statue.

In 1993 the statue was bought by an american who had found it lying in a scrapyard. Create your own images with the lenin statue meme generator. There is a 7 ton statue of vladimir lenin in seattle.