At about 1 a.m. on Oct. 28, 2022, security footage shows a man in a white hoodie rocking the sculpture back and forth until knocking it off its pedestal onto the sidewalk. Spokane police tracked the suspect’s movements through security cameras downtown before losing sight of him walking by the downtown Spokane Public Library.

SPOKANE, Wash. — Dozens of groups performed for Spokane's Expo '74 opening ceremony to kick off the 50th anniversary of the World's Fair in Spokane. "I was five years old, in 1974. And I was here for the original expo," said Trisha Leahy-Charles. She attended the original expo in Spokane 50 years ago.