On this day in 1925, the Balto statue in Central Park was dedicated, with Balto himself in attendance! Just a few months earlier, the nation had been captivated by the story of a team of sled dogs racing against the clock to bring lifesaving medicine to Nome, Alaska during a diphtheria outbreak. Balto is just one of the heroic pups who stepped up (you may have heard the story of Togo, another beloved sled dog with his own statue on the Lower East Side), and today this statue inspires countless v

It was snowing #OTD in 1925 in Nome, Alaska when Balto became a hero, just as it was snowing on his statue in Central Park today! Balto led a team of sled dogs along the Iditarod Trail to deliver a life-saving antitoxin to a epidemic-stricken town saving hundreds of children. | New York City Department of Parks & Recreation