Run Forrest Run: Facts Behind The Movie Of The Man From Alabama

The Bench

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The bench Forrest sits on waiting for his bus in Savannah, Georgia is iconic. So, once filming wrapped up, many people were curious to know what actually happened to the bench. It could have sat there in the sun, but that was never the case.

Officials in Savannah found that the bench would be too much of a treasure to allow it to remain vulnerable to the public eye. The fear was that someone would try to make a quick buck off of it or mischevious kids might do some crude graffiti. So, naturally, the bench was placed in the Savannah History Museum.