{"id":447834,"date":"2026-02-01T20:31:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T20:31:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/447834\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T20:31:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T20:31:16","slug":"tecumseh-unveils-new-chief-tecumseh-bust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/447834\/","title":{"rendered":"Tecumseh unveils new Chief Tecumseh bust"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Town of Tecumseh has unveiled a bust of its namesake, Chief Tecumseh, in the town\u2019s hall.<\/p>\n<p>Fred Zavadil, a renowned wood carver and artist, approached the town in 2024, offering his plaster carving of Chief Tecumseh. <\/p>\n<p>Honoured by the gift, town officials acknowledged the need to have the bust cast in bronze to protect the fragile clay sculpture.<\/p>\n<p>The town hired MST Bronze Limited of Toronto to create a rubber mould of the bus and complete the bronzing process.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are thrilled to be adding a significant legacy piece to the town&#8217;s art collection, thanks to the generosity of the artist,&#8221; said Tecumseh Mayor Gary McNamara.<\/p>\n<p>The finished statue was returned to Town Hall and now sits inside council chambers. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Town of Tecumseh has unveiled a bust of its namesake, Chief Tecumseh, in the town\u2019s hall. Fred&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":447835,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[76,354,355,49,48,356,75],"class_list":["post-447834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-design","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=447834"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447834\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/447835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=447834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=447834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=447834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}