{"id":32162,"date":"2015-07-03T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-07-03T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/?p=32162"},"modified":"2019-06-21T07:56:47","modified_gmt":"2019-06-21T14:56:47","slug":"spotted-on-the-roadside-the-golden-joan-of-arc-in-portland-or","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/index.php\/spotted-on-the-roadside-the-golden-joan-of-arc-in-portland-or\/","title":{"rendered":"Spotted on the Roadside: The Golden Joan of Arc in Portland, OR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/golden-joan-of-arc.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-36791\" src=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/golden-joan-of-arc.jpg\" alt=\"golden joan of arc\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/golden-joan-of-arc.jpg 650w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/golden-joan-of-arc-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/golden-joan-of-arc-500x375.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/portland-joan-of-arc.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-36801\" src=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/portland-joan-of-arc.jpg\" alt=\"portland joan of arc\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/portland-joan-of-arc.jpg 650w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/portland-joan-of-arc-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/portland-joan-of-arc-500x375.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Shining and golden, Portland&#8217;s Joan of Arc looks ready to lead a charge into the traffic circle, which may be a little confusing to the cavalry (<em>&#8220;Do we exit here? Keep going? Do we yield to those cars or do they yield to us?&#8221;<\/em>) . Donated by Dr. Henry Waldo Coe in 1924, this Joan was cast from the same mold as the famous Parisian Joan and gilded with actual gold leaf, which makes it really expensive to repair her when pranksters do things like epoxy unicorn horns onto her charger. Man, city officials are going to be <em>pissed<\/em> when someone gauges Joan&#8217;s ears.<\/p>\n<p>Spotted in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/@45.526152,-122.622883,3a,75y,332.13h,79.54t\/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s7Mg-c0812NYYV1r_TM1-iA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Coe Circle in Portland, OR<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Shining and golden, Portland&#8217;s Joan of Arc looks ready to lead a charge into the traffic circle, which may be a little confusing to the cavalry (&#8220;Do we exit here? Keep going? Do we yield to those cars or do they yield to us?&#8221;) . 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