A statue of Gen. 'Mad' Anthony Wayne stands in Freimann Square, downtown Fort Wayne, Ind. This work has been released into the public domain by its author, FTSKfan, at the wikipedia project.

Statue of Fort Wayne’s namesake staying put downtown

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A statue of Gen. 'Mad' Anthony Wayne stands in Freimann Square, downtown Fort Wayne, Ind. This work has been released into the public domain by its author, FTSKfan, at the wikipedia project.

A statue of Gen. ‘Mad’ Anthony Wayne stands in Freimann Square, downtown Fort Wayne, Ind. This work has been released into the public domain by its author, FTSKfan, at the wikipedia project.

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) – A statue of Fort Wayne’s namesake will be staying put with a new plan to improve its visibility in a heavily wooded downtown square.

The nonprofit Courthouse Preservation Trust is offering to spend up to $100,000 in private money to enhance the setting for the bronze statue of Revolutionary War Gen. Anthony Wayne.

Mayor Tom Henry had announced plans for moving the statue to the nearby Courthouse Green, but accepted the group’s offer just before the City Council was to vote Tuesday on a resolution opposing the move.

The Journal Gazette and the News-Sentinel report preliminary plans for the statue’s current site include removing and pruning some trees and installing lighting.

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