A decade after the death of Salvation Mountain creator Leonard Knight, friends gather to pay tribute and plot how to protect the artwork, which sits on public land.
Leonard Knight, a Korean war veteran and itinerant auto mechanic, showed up here in 1984 with the ambition of launching a 200-foot-tall balloon that he’d spent 10 years sewing by hand. Emblazoned in enormous letters on the side of the balloon was “God Is Love ” — a reflection of Knight’s goal to bring everyone closer to God.
With no framing to support them, the bales collapsed, closing the Museum to the public. “A few bales at a time have fallen since the beginning of 2023, but a much larger section came down from the roof and over the entrance during the summer months this year,' Levesque said. 'We have a conservator team coming in December to begin evaluating the restoration so we can plan for the complete restoration of the Museum.” Salvation Mountain faces other major challenges.
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