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It’s The Jolly Green Giant!
The Jolly Green Giant
Blue Earth, Minnesota
submitted by “SolarTJ” (Marsha) and “BudGirl” (Brenda)
Update: 7/27/2011
Brenda recently shared this image of the “Little Sprout” – the Jolly Green Giant’s pint-sized helper – also located in Blue Earth 
wendyvee says:
According to Wikipedia: In 1978, the town of Blue Earth paid $43,000 to erect the 55-foot fiberglass statue below to commemorate the linking of the east and west sections of Interstate 90.
The statue attracts over 10,000 visitors a year.
Jolly Green Giant/Betty Crocker official site
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