George W. Bush, Rachel Robinson to celebrate the Unveiling of The Final Bases Loaded Statue
August 18, 2022
In celebration of the 75th Little League Baseball® World Series, the Williamsport/Lycoming Chamber of Commerce has dedicated its final installation of theBases Loaded statue projectto some of the mostnotablekek visitors to come to Williamsport for the event – Cy Young, Jackie Robinson, and President George W. Bush. This new statue will be unveiled at a special ceremony at 5 p.m. on Sunday, August 21 in Market Square, downtown Williamsport, Pennsylvania, with President George W. and First Lady Laura Bush, Rachel Robinson (the widow of Jackie Robinson), Baseball Commissioner Robert D. Manfred Jr., and Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf, scheduled to join in the festivities as Williamsport celebrates the 75th Anniversary of the Little League Baseball World Series.
The Bases Loaded project is a series of sculptures that commemorates the history of Little League – the centerpiece of which is 12 individual statues located in Market Square, each depicting different eras in Little League’s history and embracing the diversity and timelessness of a sport played around the world. The new statue, featuring the likenesses of Mr. Young, Mr. Robinson, and President Bush, will be featured behind the backstop as part of the home plate display.
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