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Peace, love… and doves coming to Sullivan in 2019

Fred Stabbert III
Posted 12/14/18

SULLIVAN COUNTY —What's the biggest bird in Sullivan County?

Well, beginning early next year, it's going to be doves.

Thirty-six of them to be exact.

The Sullivan County Visitors …

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Peace, love… and doves coming to Sullivan in 2019

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SULLIVAN COUNTY —What's the biggest bird in Sullivan County?

Well, beginning early next year, it's going to be doves.

Thirty-six of them to be exact.

The Sullivan County Visitors Association recently adopted three dozen of these white birds, known as a symbol of love and peace.

And with the 50th Anniversary of Woodstock just seven months away, the message couldn't be any clearer - come to Sullivan County where you will be loved and cherished.

“My birds have arrived,” an excited Roberta Byron-Lockwood said yesterday morning. “Everybody is so excited, we can't wait to get them out.”

These 5-foot high by 7-foot long sculptures, which weigh 150 pounds without a base, will soon be flying into a hamlet or village near you as part of a themed touchpoint for people to see.

The doves will be painted by local artists in specific color schemes and be an attraction which Byron-Lockwood hopes generates excitement and interest.

“It might be like a ‘Where's Waldo,' as our guests and residents try to find them all,” she said.

With winter beginning to settle in, Byron-Lockwood said it may be a few months before the towns can ready the ground to accept their new “feathered” friends.

“It will truly give a sense of place for all the towns,” she said. “These doves will not only welcome the 50th Anniversary of Woodstock but be a sustainable trail down the road to help reposition and recapture visitors and bring wealth to our towns.”

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