Photo: Freshening up
By September 18, 2017
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Eli Box, 16, uses Peel Away to strip paint from Little Sister of Liberty in Downtown Columbus Saturday morning. Restoring the statue is Eli’s project to earn Eagle Scout status. His plans are to bring the statue back to its original copper color, add copper treatment, regrout the marble, freshen up the flowers, and add new lighting. Mississippi University for Women fraternity, Brotherhood of Beta Kappa Tau, will be volunteering to help Eli as their service project. Eli is the son of Mark and Jenny Box. Photo by: Deanna Robinson/Dispatch Staff
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