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Only in Alabama: the town that built a monument to the insect pest that destroyed It

Monday December 9, 2024. 10:38 PM , from BoingBoing
A monument in Enterprise, Alabama, dedicated to a beetle that tanked its town's economy by devastating its cotton crops.
The Boll Weevil Monument, erected in 1919, stands proudly in downtown Enterprise as 'the world's first monument built to honor an agricultural pest.' — Read the rest
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