Residents in the town of Cornelius, North Carolina, have accomplished what all the king’s horses and all the king’s men couldn’t.
Two years after the town’s statue of Humpty Dumpty went missing, residents raised money to put the fabled egg together again — and he officially retakes his seat on Tuesday.
The original statue sat outside of Cornelius Elementary School and was reported missing sometime in 2023. Town spokesperson Emma Mondo said the Humpty statue was believed to be stolen, leaving behind a stone storybook that he once sat atop…