MORRISTOWN (WATE) – Hundreds of people were out on the streets of Morristown Friday to watch the unveiling of a restored Coca-Cola mural.
The soda company painted murals like the one in Morristown more than 125 years ago in thousands of communities across the country, but as time went on, many of them faded.
The CEO of the country’s largest Coke bottling company was there to see the repainted wall himself. He says Coke’s brand is about much more than just a can of soda.
“Something as simple and powerful as revitalizing this sign has just brought people out,” said Frank Harrison, CEO of Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated. “People just have incredible memories with this incredible brand that’s been around for so long.”
The Morristown mural was originally painted in the 1940s. The bottling company has restored more than two dozen of these signs in just the last few years.
