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Scottish Soccer Fans Are Putting Traffic Cones on Boston Statues. Here’s Why.

The prank appears to be a nod to Glasgow’s famous cone-topped Duke of Wellington statue, which originated sometime in the 1980s.

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Yesterday, I wrote all about how Scottish soccer fans seem to be depleting Boston’s beer supply as they’ve swarmed the city to support their nation during the World Cup. Today, via the BBC, I bring you yet another inventive way Scots are bringing a little dose of chaos to Boston: traffic cones. Specifically, traffic cones were placed over the faces of many of the city’s public statues honoring historical figures who helped shape Boston’s story.

It’s probably a strange sight for Bostonians to suddenly see bright orange traffic cones covering the heads of monuments to such towering figures of Bostonian lore as former mayor Kevin White and........

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