Presidential Roadside Art Quiz

[JohnRich 4]

The attached image shows some roadside art that recently appeared on Highway 288 south of Houston, Texas. You see it on your drive to Spaceland Skydiving, just past the intersection with Beltway 8.

These giant busts of presidents stand about 12' high, and made the kid in me want to climb up on them. But they're made of a thin layer of stucco over wire mesh, and rock-climbing might damage them.

They are, from left to right:
1) George Bush #1
2) George Washington
3) ?
4) Abe Lincoln
5) Roosevelt?
6) John Kennedy?

I can't positively identify several of them - does anyone know who they are? I'm guessing that #3 is an early one, from the clothing, like Adams or Jefferson?

To really impress me, come up with some reason why these five would be grouped together.

And why wouldn't they be placed in chronological order?

[NWFlyer 2]

#3 looks like Jefferson to me, and I agree with your ID of all the others.

Does seem a rather random collection, though.

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[JohnRich 4]

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#3 looks like Jefferson to me.

Attached: side-by-side comparison of the bust, with an official portrait painting from the internet.

Strong resemblance. I think you may have the correct identification.

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[kschilk 0]

I suppose #3 could be James Madison, which could mean these are all war-time Presidents...only connection I can come up with. Unfortunately, I can't find a good profile pic of Madison but the pronounced chin, looks a bit more like Madison, than Jefferson.

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[BillyVance 35]

I may be wrong but #6 looks a bit like Lyndon B Johnson. He presided over the majority of the Vietnam War.

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[cloudseeker2001 0]

I met the guy who made these some time ago. These have been sitting outside his studio for years.......I guess he finally found someone to buy them! I saw them Friday for the first time out there in the field, and they look bigger than when I saw them a few years ago.

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[sdctlc 0]

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#3 looks like Jefferson to me.

And you should probably know as good as anyone.. Don't you have a shrine to him somewhere? You know, something your types all get at graduation, I am guessing to help foster the memories for the cult???

Scott C.

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[Beerlight 0]

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I may be wrong but #6 looks a bit like Lyndon B Johnson. He presided over the majority of the Vietnam War.

Nah, I think the last one is John F. Kennedy.

[JohnMitchell 16]

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I am guessing to help foster the memories for the cult???

Hey, Jefferson was pretty enlightened . . . for a slave owner. He was a highly educated, intelligent man. Amazing that he and so many others of that era could turn a blind eye to their "peculiar institution." I guess we all have our hypocricies. Hopefully none of them involve human bondage.

Yep, I checked the picture on the ??? dollar bill that has Jefferson's portrait. I agree. BTW, what denomination has Jefferson? Do you have one of those?

[NWFlyer 2]

Scott's just throwing me some cross-Virginia rival school smack talk. He knows that as a UVA grad I'm fully indoctrinated into the cult of Jefferson (flaws and all).

And yes, I think I do have one of those bills somewhere.

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[popsjumper 2]

Any clue on what Bush has in common with the great ones?

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[JohnMitchell 16]

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Scott's just throwing me some cross-Virginia rival school smack talk. He knows that as a UVA grad I'm fully indoctrinated into the cult of Jefferson (flaws and all).

That explains the bust of Jefferson you have on your mantel, surrounded by incense sticks and lotus blossoms.

[turtlespeed 226]

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Looks like they will all be there.

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[BillyVance 35]

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I may be wrong but #6 looks a bit like Lyndon B Johnson. He presided over the majority of the Vietnam War.

Nah, I think the last one is John F. Kennedy.

I had to go back and recount... oops, I meant #5 as LBJ. Yes, #6 is JFK.

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[DavidB 0]

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I may be wrong but #6 looks a bit like Lyndon B Johnson. He presided over the majority of the Vietnam War.

Nah, I think the last one is John F. Kennedy.

I had to go back and recount... oops, I meant #5 as LBJ. Yes, #6 is JFK.

I agree. Looks like LBJ to me too. Doesn't surprise me he's there. He is, after all, a Texan...

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