The BBC is reporting that New Hampshire's most famous landmark, the Old Man of the Mountain, is gone. See this article for before and after photos. This is the mountainside formation that is featured on the New Hampshire state quarter. Apparently over the weekend it fell due to natural causes. From the report, "The image was immortalised in Nathaniel Hawthorne's story "The Great Stone Face", read by generations of US schoolchildren." New Hampshire's state motto is, "Live Free or Die" and I can't help wondering if the Old Man took that to heart, and given recent events, found it was time to let go. Goodbye old man. It's sad to see you (and our freedoms) go.
Posted by Brian at May 5, 2003 08:32 AM | TrackBack