14 November 2023 - 09:18


Senate for 40 years, is depicted seated and relaxed, as if inviting conversation with passers-by at Alaska’s largest airport. On Saturday, hundreds surrounded a 631-pound statue of Stevens as it was uncovered at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport. “But now I think it’s time,” Stevens Becker said.

He didn’t care much for the fanfare.Īfter his death, it took years for the family to get comfortable with the idea of seeing his life-size image cast in bronze. Ted Stevens resisted the idea that the airport named for him should also bear his likeness when he was alive, his daughter Lily Stevens Becker said. 02.25.19 Anchorage Daily News: ‘Uncle Ted is back’: The story behind the new bronze Ted Stevens statue at the Anchorage airport
