Aug 31

Aug 31 JUMBO THE ELEPHANT MEMORIAL

Jordan Morris

Parks I have been to!

Features:

Just a teensy chunk of place!!
There is a rollytrain caboose too!!
Plus wordybits for ‘memberings!!
But this park is alla ‘bout
JUMBO THE TRUNKOPHANT!! Yup!!

JUMBO THE ELEPHANT MEMORIAL

PARK REVIEW #546

Snort Index Rating:
2.0 SNORTS!!

St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada

No so far a ‘way this times, guys!! It is in the nextest citytownsburg called ST. THOMAS!!

This is what you will see when you firstest get to there!!

Hi guys!! 😊❤️😊❤️😊❤️

It is your bestest friendlypal, PARKMASTER GENERAL, Archie Brindleton back for sharing a whole ‘nother PARK REVIEW!! Yup!!

This here review is from the big pile that was posted, butt then founded a ‘gain, so it is from the 2017times for crying out Pete!! IKNOW!!

Plus THIS park review is real differenter ‘cuz of it being a SPECIAL kind of park for ‘memberings, guys!! Yes!! It is not for goofballery or exploradventuring so much as for brainlearning ‘bout somethings ‘portant that happened in oldentimesdays!! Yes!! That kind of park is called a MEMORIAL, everybuddy!! Plus this MEMORIAL is for ‘membering the sooperfamous TRUNKOPHANT NAMED JUMBO!! ………………

To visit the ‘fficial WIKEPEDIA PAGE ‘bout JUMBO, clickyclick on this pictureposter, guys!!

Jumbo (about December 25, 1860 – September 15, 1885), also known as Jumbo the Elephant and Jumbo the Circus Elephant, was a 19th-century male African bush elephant born in Sudan. Jumbo was exported to Jardin des Plantes, a zoo in Paris, and then transferred in 1865 to London Zoo in England. Despite public protest, Jumbo was sold to P. T. Barnum, who took him to the United States for exhibition in March 1882.
The giant elephant's name has spawned the common word "jumbo," meaning large in size. Examples of his lexical impact are phrases like "jumbo jet", "jumbo shrimp," "jumbo marshmallows," and "jumbotron." Jumbo's shoulder height has been estimated to have been 3.23 metres (10 ft 7 in) at the time of his death, and was claimed to be about 4 m (13 ft 1 in) by Barnum.
Jumbo died at a railway classification yard in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada, on September 15, 1885. In those days the circus crisscrossed North America by train. St. Thomas was the perfect location for a circus because many rail lines converged there. Jumbo and the other animals had finished their performances that night, and as they were being led to their box car, a train came down the track. Jumbo was hit and mortally wounded, dying within minutes.
Barnum told the story that Tom Thumb, a young circus elephant, was walking on the railroad tracks and Jumbo was attempting to lead him to safety. Barnum claimed that the locomotive hit and killed Tom Thumb before it derailed and hit Jumbo, and other witnesses supported Barnum's account. According to newspapers, the freight train hit Jumbo directly, killing him, while Tom Thumb suffered a broken leg. ….

‘Course, there is a Canadaplace flappyflag …

So like mostly all MEMORIALS, this chunk of place has a sad storytimes to tell. Yes. ‘Cuz of that, it is not so much a HappyFunTimes or anythings like mostly all other kinds of parks, butt it is still sooper’portant, guys.

Facteroid is that this here park is sooperdeedooper’portant to the ST. THOMAS place ‘cuz it has made this citytownsburg sooperfamous allover everywheres!! Yup!! Everybuddy for sooperlongways ‘round here knows where JUMBO is, ‘cuz everybuddy that comes to St. Thomas inna rollycar has to go right by him on the way!!

Anyhoozle …. there is a Canadaplace flappyflag, plus also …….

This here wordyplaque that tells the storytimes of JUMBO, plus how he went over The Rainbow Bridge right here in the St. Thomasplace, plus it also tells you ‘bout everybuddy who gave dollarpennies so workermans could n’vent this place!! Yup!! ………….

There is this here oldentimer ROLLYTRAIN CABOOSE too!! Yes!! That is basically the buttparts of a rollytrain, guys!! Plus this won is a like a teensy little museumhouse for JUMBO!!

It is not open allatimes, so we did not get to go to the insideparts, butt that is AOK ‘cuz the big dealio for this park is the GIGANTICAL STATUE OF JUMBO THE TRUNKOPHANT!! …………………

Jumbo the Elephant is a concrete and reinforced steel statue by Canadian artist Winston Bronnum. The statue was commissioned by the city of St. Thomas, Ontario to mark the 100th anniversary of the death of Jumbo, a circus elephant that was killed in the community after being struck by a train. The city funded the $70,000 sculpture in part with the sale of Indiana Jones-style hats and commemorative coins. The statue was constructed at Bronnum's Animaland Park in Sussex, New Brunswick and transported 1,722 kilometres to St. Thomas. For ease of transport the upper legs and body were poured separately from the base and lower legs. The statue weights 38 tonnes and the base weighs 100 tonnes.

Isn’t that ‘MAZING, guys!!?? IKNOW!! For reallyreals he is GIGANTICAL!!

Shanksh, park!! I luvluvlove to see JUMBO everytimes I go to the ST. THOMASplace, butt it is ‘portant to ‘member to not forget the soopersad storytimes that you are brainlearning everybuddy ‘bout too!! Yes!!

So, even though this park is not really for puppies, plus ‘cuz there is not so much for doing here, I am giving it a Snort Index Rating of (TWO SNORTS) just ‘cuz of all the ‘portant wordybits for ‘membering, plus MOSTLY for my most biggest buddypal, JUMBO THE TRUNKOPHANT!!

Shanksh, everybuddy!! Keep checking back ‘cuz I am gonna be posting shinynew park reviews like CRAZYBANANAS so I can get to (600 Park Reviews) soon as I can!! You will see!!

Oh!! Plus a ‘nother thing for ‘membering to not forget: