Hiki iā ia ke nānā iki aku e like me ka Jolly Green Giant, akāʻo ka 26-foot-tall "Spirit of Detroit" Statue i paʻiʻia e Marshall Fredericks i nā makahiki 1950 ua lilo i hōʻailona Detroit a me ka'āina. ʻO ke kiʻi maoli e hōʻike maoli ana i kahi kanaka noho e paʻa i ka'āpana ma ka lima hoʻokahi a me ka huiʻohana i kekahi. Ke heluheluʻia nei ka pāpale kiʻi o nā kiʻi, "Ma o ka hanu o ke kanaka i hōʻikeʻia i loko o kaʻohana, ka pilina kanakaʻoi loa."
ʻO Jolly Green Giant
ʻO ka'ō'ō'ōmaʻomaʻo ma nā makahiki, ua hoʻopauʻia keʻano keleawe keleawe i ka inoaʻo "Jolly Green Giant." Me ka moniker hou, uaʻano ola ke kiʻi. E like paha, i hoʻokahi pō ma kahi o St Patrick's Day (aiʻole ma laila) uaʻikeʻia ke kanaka'ōmaʻomaʻo nui e hele ma ke alanuiʻo Woodward Avenue i kahi mea hoʻokani pila hulalua i hōʻikeʻia ma ka papa hula hulaʻo Giacomo Manzu. ʻOiaiʻaʻole iʻike kekahi i ka Hiʻilawaʻo Jolly Green i ka wā o kona pō pō, uaʻikeʻia nā kapuaʻi'ōmaʻomaʻo ma ka papa pōhaku i ke kakahiaka aʻe e pili ana i nā kiʻiʻelua.
Ua loaʻaʻo Jolly Green Giant i ka hana, akā, i ka wā i hāpai aiʻo ia i ka jersey o Red Wing i ka hoʻolālā i ka lanakila o Stanley Cup ma ka makahiki 1997. He mea maʻamau kēia no ke kanaka'ōpiopio e hoʻokomo i ke kuhu i ka manawa lanakila o ka Red Wings.
Kahi
Aia ke kiʻi ma ke Kaonaʻo City-County (aka Coleman A. Municipal Municipal Center) ma ke kahua o alanui Woodward a ma waho aku o Jefferson Avenue mai ka GM Renaissance Center ma Detroit.
Kākauʻia ma ka pōhaku Ma hope o ke kiʻi:
"Ano, o ka Haku oia no ka Uhane: a ma kahi e noho ai ka Uhane o ka Haku, aia no he ku okoa ana.