Company plans George Washington statue taller than Statue of Liberty

A Texas-based startup

backers for its new, ambitious project: building the largest statue in the country. The statue, a 500-foot stainless-steel monument to George Washington, would sit atop a 150-foot pedestal to commemorate America’s 250th anniversary.

Mo Mahmood is the creator of More Monuments. The Austin startup doesn’t have an extensive portfolio — only one monument in its history — but it is ambitious. Mahmood told Bloomberg that he wants the monument to serve as a source of inspiration…

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