Editing Dennis the Menace (U.S. comics) (section)

====Monterey, California====
In 1952, Hank Ketcham spearheaded the construction of the Dennis the Menace Playground, designed by [[Archibald Garner|Arch Garner]].<ref>{{cite web | title = Archibald garner: a brief biographical sketch| publisher = words-and-art.com| url = http://words-and-art.com/archbio.html | access-date = 2008-12-18 }}</ref> It opened in [[Monterey, California]] on November 17, 1956.<ref>{{cite web| title = Dennis the Menace Playground Flyer| publisher = Monterey.org – City of Monterey| url = http://www.monterey.org/rec/denmenace06.pdf| access-date = 2008-12-18| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090220020222/http://www.monterey.org/rec/denmenace06.pdf| archive-date = February 20, 2009| df = mdy-all}}</ref> The playground featured a bronze statue of Dennis sculpted by [[Wah Chang]]. On the night of October 25, 2006, the 125 lb statue, which was estimated to be worth $30,000, was stolen from the playground.<ref>{{cite news | title = Statue of Dennis the Menace Stolen| date = October 28, 2006| url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/28/AR2006102800324_pf.html| access-date = 2007-09-18| publisher=[[Associated Press]]|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|via=washingtonpost.com}}</ref> In April 2007, it was replaced by a reproduction of another Dennis statue Chang made for the Ketchams. It was donated by Willis W. and Ethel M. Clark Foundation. In 2015 the missing statue was found in a scrap yard in Florida, returned to Monterey,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Coury |first=Nic |title=Missing Dennis the Menace statue returns to Monterey. |url=https://www.montereycountyweekly.com/blogs/news_blog/missing-dennis-the-menace-statue-returns-to-monterey/article_81b766cc-6196-11e5-becd-6f55241b1fee.html |access-date=2022-05-16 |website=Monterey County Weekly |date=September 22, 2015 |language=en}}</ref> and installed in front of the city recreation office.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Coury |first=Nic |title=Dennis the Menace statue finds permanent home in Monterey. |url=https://www.montereycountyweekly.com/blogs/news_blog/dennis-the-menace-statue-finds-permanent-home-in-monterey/article_1e815cdc-3a32-11e6-8b1b-df210ceea6d5.html |access-date=2022-05-16 |website=Monterey County Weekly |date=June 24, 2016 |language=en}}</ref>