![Visitors look on the bust of President Lincoln at Presidents...]()
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Visitors look on the bust of President Lincoln at Presidents Park in York County on Sept. 13, 2010. The park, which its owner announced last week, will close at the end of the month.
![President busts arrive for a proposed theme park in York...]()
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President busts arrive for a proposed theme park in York County in April 2000.
![Visitors look on the bust of President Wilson at Presidents...]()
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Visitors look on the bust of President Wilson at Presidents Park in York County on Sept. 13, 2010. Presidents Park closed later that year.
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"My father really liked him," says Janet Courter of San Diego, Calif., as she takes a picture of the bust of President Reagan at Presidents Park in York County on Sept. 13, 2010. The owner had announced the park would close.
![Dianne O'Connell from New Jersey explains in June 2004 to...]()
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Dianne O'Connell from New Jersey explains in June 2004 to her son, Matthew O'Connell, 4, who President Reagan was. The O'Connells altered their driving plans to stop by this park because of Reagan's death. Presidents Park management was giving a "free pass" to people wishing to pay their respects to Reagan's monument at the park.
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Willie Dunston, sculptor, works on resculpturing a face of President Hoover at Presidents Park in York County on Sept. 13, 2010. The park's owner announced the previous week that the park will close at the end of the month.
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Visitors walk out of Presidents Park in York County on Sept. 13, 2010. The park closed later that year.
![Presidents Park, shown in September 2010, closed later that year.]()
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Presidents Park, shown in September 2010, closed later that year.
![President busts arrive for a proposed theme park in York...]()
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President busts arrive for a proposed theme park in York County in March 2000.
![President's Park on Feb. 27, 2004, was an outdoor educational...]()
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President's Park on Feb. 27, 2004, was an outdoor educational museum located in York County near Williamsburg off Rt. 199, featuring 43 busts of presidents starting with George Washington to now George W. Bush. The busts are 18 to 20 feet tall and are made on concrete and come in two sections, base and bust. The president in front is Thomas Jefferson.
![Visitors to Presidents Park in York County bring flowers and...]()
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Visitors to Presidents Park in York County bring flowers and other gifts of respect to honor President Reagan at the foot of his monument at the park in June 2004. Presidents Park management was giving a "free pass" to people wishing to pay their respects to Reagan's monument at the park.
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People visit Presidents Park in Williamsbug on Presidents Day, Feb. 16, 2009.
![A tarp covering the bust of Ronald Reagan is removed...]()
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A tarp covering the bust of Ronald Reagan is removed at the Norfolk Botanical Garden in May 2000.
![For a time, the president heads, shown Sept. 8, 2000,...]()
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For a time, the president heads, shown Sept. 8, 2000, were at Norfolk Botanical Garden.
![Everette H. Newman, III, president of Presidents Park, shown in...]()
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Everette H. Newman, III, president of Presidents Park, shown in September 2010, announced the week before that the park will close at the end of the month.
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Houston artist David Adickes, creator of the presidential busts, stands by the bust of Thomas Jefferson after its unveiling at the Norfolk Botanical Garden in May 2000.
![Donald Buma, executive director of Norfolk Botanical Garden, stands next...]()
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Donald Buma, executive director of Norfolk Botanical Garden, stands next to the president heads in June 2001.
![One of the Presidents Park visitors looks at the monument...]()
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One of the Presidents Park visitors looks at the monument of President Reagan and the flowers and other forms of sympathies at the park in June 2004. Presidents Park management were giving a "free pass" to people wishing to pay their respects to Reagan's monument at the park.
![For a time, the president heads, shown June 29, 2001,...]()
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For a time, the president heads, shown June 29, 2001, were at Norfolk Botanical Garden.
Presidents Park in York County, near Williamsburg, featured 20-foot-tall busts of U.S. presidents. The park was opened in 2004 and closed in 2010. The park was created by local businessman Everette Newman. The heads are now on Howard Hankins’ nearby farm in Croaker. As of Feb. 24, 2016, he had raised about 0.1 percent of his $500,000 funding goal to preserve the heads for a museum.
