The Saint-Lô milkmaid statue was resurrected thanks to the inhabitants

The Norman milkmaid statue, sculpted by Arthur Le Duc, was unbolted and melted down on February 8, 1942, under the German occupation. In January 1984, a local shopkeeper named André Leplanquais initiated a fundraiser to resurrect the work. The sculptor Louis Derbré then fashioned a new replica, installed on the original granite pedestal and basin.