{"id":944543,"date":"2026-07-19T02:25:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T02:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/944543\/"},"modified":"2026-07-19T02:25:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T02:25:10","slug":"carson-city-accepts-mark-twain-bronze-sculpture-donation-to-be-unveiled-at-mcfadden-plaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/944543\/","title":{"rendered":"Carson City accepts Mark Twain bronze sculpture donation, to be unveiled at McFadden Plaza"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Carson City\u2019s public art collection continues to grow as a life-sized bronze sculpture of Mark Twain seated on a bench \u2014 with space for people to sit down and join him \u2014 makes its way to McFadden Plaza downtown.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Board of Supervisors accepted the sculpture as a donation at its July 16, 2026, meeting as part of Carson City\u2019s ongoing commitment to building a collection of high-quality public art for the enjoyment of residents as well as visitors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Visit Carson City and community partners invite the public to celebrate the unveiling of this new sculpture by internationally acclaimed sculptor Gary Lee Price on Friday, July 24, at 5:30 p.m. in McFadden Plaza, with the official ribbon cutting at 6 p.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ceremony will include remarks from Mayor Bagwell, Bob Stewart, and McAvoy Layne. Join in the celebration of Carson City\u2019s unique literary legacy as the birthplace of Mark Twain. The Fox Restaurant and Brewery will be providing appetizers, featuring the new Fox &amp; Fire Pizzeria pizzas, and one free pint of beer from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. in the Fox\u2019s Den.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Carson City\u2019s public art collection continues to grow as a life-sized bronze sculpture of Mark Twain seated on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":944544,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[32],"tags":[648,1032,1033,171,7777,30071,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-944543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-frontpage","tag-frontpage-main","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116944275123952160","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/944543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=944543"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/944543\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/944544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=944543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=944543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=944543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}