[fatlazyless]

Is the Statue of Liberty a natural formation? It's obviously a designer artistic recreation of "lady liberty" and sits on a land-filled island, so there's noth'n natural about it, but it's the US's single most well-known iconic symbol.

In 1923, the Franconia Notch State Park was created and purchased with thousands of small donations from New Hampshire school children who wanted to save the notch from the federal government because the area's Old Man, Cannon Cliff, Profile Lake and surrounds were too special to the state to let it be part of the recently created 1922 White Mt National Forest. Building an Old Man look-alike creation and putt'n it back on its' cliff-hanger spot would go a long way to honor the Old Man's history.

Wiring it up with lights and sound would be a good tourist hook. Picture this: slide a sawbuck into the slot, push A-1, and you get 45,000 watts of Aretha sing'n "R-E-S-P-E-C-T is all I want for me!" powering through the Mts Lafayette-Cannon high cliff notch area, a natural sound studio! You all need to be a little creative here, and just lighten up with your old stodgy ideas about the Old Man.

Just like the Statue of Liberty is very well appreciated, a remade Old Man would be widely accepted as long as it looks totally natural and identical to the original. And, sound & lights would be a nice little extra touch.....don't you think!