A bronze statue honors the famously literal-minded children’s-book character Amelia Bedelia and her creator, Peggy Parish, who was born in Manning. The sculpture turns misunderstandings like “dust the furniture” and “dress the chicken” into a permanent piece of hometown literary history.
Filed under roadside oddities: giant objects, odd monuments and things built for no clear reason.
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