We visited the quintessential fast-food restaurant in Downey, about a 15-minute drive southeast from downtown Los Angeles, CA. This is the oldest McDonald's restaurant in the world.
Tuesday, May 18, 2021
The Oldest McDonald’s - Downey, CA
Liberty Sculpture Park, "Fight for Freedom," in Yermo, CA
Driving north from Los Angeles, CA we stopped at the Liberty Sculpture Park off I-15 exit 194 in Yermo, CA. This patch of land is dedicated to art by Weiming Chen, that spreads the message for freedom.

There by the garish ice cream sundae water tank, is a wired fence with the plaque "Lennon Wall." Here we saw many wooden plaques of individuals stating their opinion/understanding of the Chinese Communist.
The massacre took place on 6/4/1989. The numberers are 6.4 meters tall (20.0094 feet), and they are set at a 64-degree angle and the sculpture is 6,400 miles from the massacre site in Tiananmen Square.
Title "Tank Man," it's a life-size version of the famous photograph of an unidentified man, holding a briefcase, defiantly standing in front of a column of Tiananmen Square tanks. Chen made the men out of 1,300 pounds of bronze-painted concrete. He wanted a real tank, but last-minute delays forced him to build one from scratch out of steel, wood, fiberglass, plaster, and plastic foam.
Crazy Horse, is a 15-foot-high head of the Native American leader.
My understanding is that the artist Chen will dedicate one or two sculptures every year at this Liberty Sculpture Park. When we visited there was no one else around, we hope as people drive on I-15 will see the sculptures and stop for knowledge as well as be encouraged to fight for freedom.
Thank you for traveling with us.
Blessings!
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