Ke hele a wela kekahi poʻe kamaʻāina ma Connecticut a hoʻopilikia ʻia e kahi kiʻi 26-kapuaʻi kiʻekiʻe o Marilyn Monroe i hoʻonohonoho ʻia me ka lole komo o ka ikona i kū pono i ka hale pule.
ʻO ke kiʻi nunui kontroversial o ka bombshell blonde i kau ʻia ma Stamford Park i kēia pule ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o kahi hōʻike kiʻi kiʻi o ke kaona holoʻokoʻa. Eia nō naʻe, ke kau nei ka hōkū o Hollywood i mua o ka First Congregational Church o Stamford i haʻalulu nā ʻōlelo.
ʻO ke kiʻi ʻo 'Forever Marilyn', i hana ʻia e Seward Johnson, hōʻike ʻia ke ʻano hiʻona mai The Seven Year Itch kahi a Monroe e hoʻāʻo ai e hoʻopaʻa i kona kapa keʻokeʻo i ka lele ʻana o ka ea mai kahi pae lalo. Ua hōʻike ʻia ma nā wahi like ʻole ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, a ma ʻAukekulia hoʻi.
ʻO ke kua o ke kiʻi, e hōʻike ana i ka lole komo o Monroe, ua ʻike maopopo ʻia mai ke alo o ka halepule, kahi i hoʻomakaʻu ai i waena o ke anaina.
"Inā he mea kā ke Akua e ʻōlelo ai, ua hoʻouna paha ʻo ia i kahi hoʻopaʻa i loko ona," i haʻi ʻia e ka lālā o ka ʻaha kanaka mua ʻo Michael Dagostino i ka Stamford Advocate.
"He mea hōʻihi ʻole ia i ka hale pule," i ʻōlelo aku ai ʻo Pam Riley, kekahi lālā o ka hale pule, i ka nūpepa. “Aia i luna ka lewa kona pale lole a aia nā mea āpau ma lalo e nānā ana i kona palule.”
ʻO Pastor o ka Church Congregational Church, Reverend Dr. Todd Grant Yonkman, i wehewehe i ka ʻāpana ma ke ʻano he ʻano hana noʻeau. "ʻO Marilyn Monroe kahi mea pena kiʻi i kūpono i kā mākou mahalo. No ke aha e kūpono ai i kāna kiʻi i kēia ala. ʻO kēia ka mea maikaʻi loa e hiki iā mākou ke hana? ”
"E ʻae paha ke kūlanakauhale e hāʻawi mākou iā ia i mau pālule?"
Ua loaʻa i nā luna o ke kūlanakauhale he mau kelepona ʻana mai nā lālā o ka hale pule e namunamu nei no ke kiʻi, me nā hōʻike e pili ana i nā keiki e piʻi aʻe ana i nā wāwae o ka hōʻailona wahine.
Eia nō naʻe, ʻo Sandy Goldstein, pelekikena o ka moku ʻo Stamford Downtown Special Services District, ka mea e hoʻokipa nei i ka hōʻike, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ka pane i ke kau ʻana o nā hana noʻeau he maikaʻi loa.
