Talk:Bald Knob Cross

Myrta Clutts and her pigs
Let me first say I love this sentence and wish I'd written it: "After the site was acquired, the Cross was built in stages with money from various fundraisers, the most famous of which was that of Myrta Clutts and her pigs." Speaking for myself, I think it would be better to retain the air of mystery that Ms Clutts supplies. Thing is, this is an encyclopedia, so we really do need to know who in the Sam Hill Myrta Clutts was and how her pigs figured into a fundraising effort. --Milkbreath (talk) 12:11, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
 * This is the edit that added that info. Dismas |(talk) 13:37, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Somehow I don't think the world that isn't southern Illinois is ready to know about Myrta Clutts and her pigs. Shortspecialbus (talk) 03:27, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

Sculpture?
The category "1963 Sculptures" was recently added to this article.

I'm not sure this counts as a sculpture. Speaking literally, it was built up from parts, like a building or tower might be built, rather than sculpted out of a larger whole. Granted, many art works are considered sculptures even if they weren't literally sculpted, but this doesn't look like what most people think of when they think of a sculpture.

This counts as a sculpture, almost every other 3-dimensional monument would as well. davidwr/ (talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail)  21:09, 31 March 2012 (UTC)

I agree. I went ahead and removed the category. If Bald Knob Cross is counted as sculpture, then so should the Washington Monument. At one time, it was possible to climb to the top of the cross internally… (Though I will see if there are any building categories it might fit in. --VikÞor |  Talk 22:08, 31 March 2012 (UTC)