On This Date in Minnesota History: May 8

May 8, 2002 – “Cable TV network TV Land dedicated an 8-foot (2.4 m) tall bronze statue of [Mary Tyler] Moore tossing her hat near [the] intersection [of 7^th Street and Nicollet Mall downtown Minneapolis],” duplicating the scene from the original opening title sequence for the show where “she cheerfully tosses her tam o'shanter in the air in the middle of the street; a freeze-frame captures her smiling face and the hat in mid-air.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mary_Tyler_Moore_Show_opening_sequence

   

Photo taken by Pamela J. Erickson. Released into the public domain Sept. 19, 2013,
as long as acknowledgement included. 

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