The 4th-largest statue in the United States is a shrine to every mother s love
She stands with open arms atop a mountain ridge on the continental divide overlooking Butte, Montana. Our Lady of the Rockies, the fourth tallest sta.
Posted: May 9, 2021 10:44 PM
Posted By: CNN
She stands with open arms atop a mountain ridge on the continental divide overlooking Butte, Montana. Our Lady of the Rockies, the fourth tallest statue in the United States, began as one man s desperate prayer. It s now a shrine to mothers everywhere.
For the love of a mother
In 1979, Bob O Bill s beloved spouse Joyce was deathly ill. The Butte resident vowed to build a statue in the likeness of Mary, mother of Jesus, if his wife and mother of his two children recovered, according to Joyce.
She stands with open arms atop a mountain ridge on the continental divide overlooking Butte, Montana.
“Our Lady of the Rockies,” the fourth tallest statue in the United States, began as one man’s desperate prayer. It’s now a shrine to mothers everywhere.
For the love of a mother
In 1979, Bob O’Bill’s beloved spouse Joyce was deathly ill. The Butte resident vowed to build a statue in the likeness of Mary, mother of Jesus, if his wife and mother of his two children recovered, according to Joyce.
“He at first was going to make a small statue, a five-foot-high statue” Joyce O’Bill told CNN. “He was worried about raising our daughters by himself, and… well he was worried about me.”