I've been spending the last few weekends out in the California desert hunting gems and minerals. On the way out to one of my collecting locations I stopped by an iconic park off of the 15 freeway on the way to Las Vegas, Liberty Sculpture Park.
The park is located in Yermo, CA next to the 15 freeway. Yermo is about 125 miles from Los Angeles. It is free to enter and conveniently located to a freeway exit so it's very easy to stop by and look around.
The park was started by Chinese to express themselves and fight the tyrannical CCP currently ruling China, especially in regards to Hong Kong.
While "Tank Man" is without a doubt the most iconic sculpture, I really liked this painting of the Hong Kong students fighting the authorities with gas masks and umbrellas. Even though they lost they should always be remembered for their bravery and ingenuity.
This sculpture depicting the Hong Kong students in their struggle was just past the painting and entrance I came in from.
The colorful tiles contain messages of support to the students.
Moving on, the next statue is of Li Wangyang who was one of the original Tiananmen participants and was sentenced to 22 years in prison for it.
Behind Li's statue was another statue that was destroyed by arson, the CCP Virus statue.
It was a human head with spike proteins on it making it look like the Corona Virus.
All that's left is a heap of melted plastic.
Next to the CCP Virus remains is the Crazy Horse sculpture. This was the first sculpture erected honoring Native American Chief, Crazy Horse.
In front of Crazy Horse, adjacent to the freeway is the Tank Man sculpture. Those of us who are old enough will remember the iconic salary man blocking the PLA tanks from moving on the students in Tiananmen.
Next to Tank Man is the large, 64 sculpture. It represents the remembrance of the people killed on June 4th, 1989 in Tiananmen. 204 names of those killed are inscribed on the base of the sculpture. The 64 represents the azimuth angle of 64 degrees from Beijing. It also represents June, 4.
The tank in Tank Man is an actual sculpture and not a real tank, but behind Tank Man there is a real APC. If you have never been up close to an APC or tank, they are really mind blowing. The steel is 3/4" thick and nothing like your everyday car.
Unfortunately the APC has been vandalized and graffitied. Still interesting to see.
Beyond Tank Man and 64 there are covered picnic tables you can take a rest at, it's very hot out here in the summer. I didn't get a picture of them though.
New art is being added regularly to the park so I'm sure we will see some new pieces soon, maybe relating to Taiwan?
If you are ever driving out to Las Vegas from LA, Liberty Sculpture Park is worth taking 15-30 minutes to visit.
For more information on Liberty Sculpture Park you can visit their website here, https://en.libertysculpturepark.com