WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — A piece of downtown Wilmington history will be celebrated this weekend as the city’s Statue of Liberty replica marks its 75th anniversary.
The Stamp Defiance Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution will hold a community program Saturday, Sept. 26, at 11 a.m. at the statue in Innes Park, next to Thalian Hall.
The replica was dedicated in 1951 as part of the Boy Scouts’ nationwide “Strengthen the Arm of Liberty” program, which placed replicas of the Statue of Liberty in communities across the country…