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While I’m sure the Duke of Wellington was known for some great deed or important position which warranted his memorialization with a life-size statue in such a prominent location in downtown Glasgow, but today he’s known as “the traffic cone guy.” Apparently the cone hat was placed on his head one day, and city workers rushed to remove it. Then it happened again. And again. And again…

Eventually the city decided it was too much effort to keep removing it, and so they gave up. Today the Duke, with his modern headwear, has become a symbol of this working-class city. We even stayed at a hotel nearby where the rooms were traffic cone-themed in his honor. My bet is he hates it. He needs to loosen up!