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March 11, 2025
Luzerne County Manager Romilda Crocamo announced that Statue is still at Baut Studios on the Backroad. It was undergone serveral baths to clean the marble of dirt and weathering.
It actually was green and looked like copper with a patina on it, but in fact it is really marble..
When the restoration is finished, it will be once again put on display on the Courthouse Lawn.
September 17, 2006
Here is the Ellen Webster Palmer Memorial on the River Commons in Wilkes-Barre. She founded the Boys Industrial Association in Wilkes-Barre.
This statue has been in storage since the dike system has been upgraded. Note the old metal parts of the dike.
In 2021 the County said they had no plans to restore the statue.
