Don Featherstone of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, pass...  ...ne is best remembered as the man who invented the plastic pink lawn flamingo . Don created the flamingo when he was freshly graduated from art school, a...  ...aduated from art school, and newly employed at a *stron...

The budget wasn't the only thing that the council...  ...during its meeting: they also decided to make the plastic lawn flamingo its official bird!The new mascot was debated for...  ...nd then the Common Council voted 15-4 to make the plastic pink ...