Step 1 : Introduction to the question "Where in the U.S. is the only memorial honoring an insect found?"
The Boll Weevil Monument in downtown Enterprise, Alabama, United States is a prominent landmark and tribute erected by the citizens of Enterprise in 1919 to show their appreciation to an insect, the boll weevil, ... Each time it was found and repaired by the city of Enterprise until July 11, 1998. On that day vandals ripped ..., The only memorial honoring an insect, the Boll Weevil Monument in Enterprise, ... The boll weevil expanded into the United States from Mexico in the 1890s, and ... was erected by the Citizens of Enterprise, Coffee County, Alabama." ... the entire statue was once hauled away, later to be found or returned., Alabama farmers planted nearly 560000 acres of cotton in 2003, more. ... honored in 1919 when a monument was erected in downtown Enterprise, Alabama as a reminder that the tiny insect pest had forced farmers to diversify their operations. Today's cotton farmers rely on more than just the eradication program to produce ..., In 1970, seventy-four years after Enterprise was incorporated on April 27, ... it is the only monument in the world dedicated to an insect pest -- the boll weevil. ... Many found unexpected prosperity growing peanuts, which became their main crop. ... brochures of interest about places and things to do in Alabama are available., In southern Alabama in the town of Enterprise there is a monument that's probably the only one of its ... the only monument in the worl...
