Hans Christian Andersen's Statue In Lincoln Park, Chicago

Authors

Birgit F. Larsen

Keywords

automobile, sidewalk, crowd

Abstract

I barely noticed that they placed me in a flag-draped automobile and that, accompanied by an escort, it progressed slowly down a wide avenue, while crowds of people on the sidewalks, children and adults, cheered enthusiastically. --We drove through a large park, many times larger than Kongens Have ("The King's Garden", a park in Copenhagen), and here, too, there were rows upon rows of people, and finally we stopped in front of a statue - and lo and behold, it was myself, and looked just like me, sitting with a young swan at my feet. -- Then my heart melted, then all the memories of hardship disappeared, all of the fears and old sorrows fled my mind, and I felt humble, grateful, deeply moved, but also joyful and consoled. My poor efforts of the pen had been successful after all; even here in the fairytale land of the wild redskins was I known and understood.

Recommended Citation

Larsen, Birgit F. (1998) "Hans Christian Andersen's Statue In Lincoln Park, Chicago," The Bridge: Vol. 22: No. 2, Article 8.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/thebridge/vol22/iss2/8