Statue of Lenin

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    N 36th St & Fremont Pl N, Fremont
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Lonely Planet review

This bronze statue of former communist leader Vladimir Lenin weighs 7 tons and is the latest and most controversial addition to Fremont's collection of public art. It was brought to the USA from Slovakia by an American, Lewis Carpenter, who found it in a scrap pile after the 1989 revolution. Carpenter spent a fortune to bring it over, sure that some crazy American would want to buy it. No-one did, so here it stands biding its time in Fremont.