JOHN YDSTIE, host: Honey, Stop The Car! - that's what we've been calling our summer road trip.
We've visited monuments and statues that honor local heroes or events. We've gone in Indiana to a spot where a former president was purposely dumped in the mud; to Colorado, where a statue to the town founder is a traffic hazard; and to California, where a stagecoach horse was killed in a robbery.
This morning, Emma Jacobs of member station WRVO takes us to upstate New York, where there's a most unusual monument to a favorite son.
EMMA JACOBS: When you cross a bridge straight into Gouverneur's tiny main drag, the first thing you see is a giant pack of Life Savers hanging above the village green. It's longer than a car, shorter than a limo. The foil wrapper is open at one end.
