Did You Find All of Framingham's Wooden Soldiers?

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The old Shoppers World in Framingham was a joyous place during Christmas. Between Jordan March and the cinema, stood 24 wooden soldiers. The soldiers, not Nutcrackers as some children may call them, were actually a promotional idea.

The originals were hand-crafted by the Shoppers World maintenance worker and woodworker Hal Purrington.

In 1994, Shoppers World was demolished, the 20-foot General disappeared forever but many of the original soldiers were given away or sold.

But in the late 1990s, wooden soldiers re-appeared in Framingham. The replica soldiers are placed throughout the community by Framingham Parks & Recreation now annually.

The red, blue, and gold, soldiers each carrying a shiny black wooden rifle, stand 10-feet tall.

This year, 18 soldiers were placed in town.

Last year, 19 were places in Framingham.

Did you find them all?

Here is a list of their 2015 locations:

• Adesa
• 2 at Mutual One Bank on Concord Street
• 2 at Memorial Building
• Downtown Common
• Russo’s old Bank building in Nobscot
• Framingham Village Centre at the common flag pole
• Old Memorial library.
• Tripoli Police sub station
• 2 at Bowditch Field entrance
• 2 at Cushing Memorial Park entrance
• M&0
• Loring Hockey Rink
• Robinson Hardware
• Russo’s Old Gas Station in Saxonville