''A Parade of Animals'', or ''Parade of Animals'', is an outdoor

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series by Peter Helzer, installed in Willson Park, on the

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grounds, in

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, United States.

Description

The installation features three groups of animals playing musical instruments. One depicts two stacked frogs; the one on bottom is walking on stilts and the one on top is playing the

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. Another shows two crocodiles, one of which is playing a drum and horn. The third sculpture depicts three rodents, one of which is carrying a horn.

History

The sculptures were dedicated in 1991 and commemorate the children of Oregon. Their condition were deemed "well maintained" during the

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's "

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" survey in July 1993. ''Parade of Animals'' was administered by Oregon's Department of Administrative Services at the time.

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