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Traffic cones appear on Boston statues after Scottish fans arrive in city

BBC News · Jun 17, 2026, 10:02 PM · Also reported by 2 other sources

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The practice is familiar to anyone from Glasgow, where the Duke of Wellington statue has been wearing a jaunty orange hat since the 1980s.

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