This latest damage is located on Tom Sawyer Island, on the fence where Tom and Becky’s names have been written with a heart using white paint.

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Remember that classic Mark Twain tale, when young Tom Sawyer convinced his friends that painting a fence was the most fun one could ...

It shows the classic scene from The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer, where Tom gets someone else to paint his Aunt Polly’s white picket fence. It’s Wide!

Fence Painting returned for its 70th year of whitewashing fun during the 70th Annual National Tom Sawyer Days.

Tom Sawyer Whitewashing the Fence From Mark Twain, Tom Sawyer, Chapter Two, 1876 Frontispiece from the first edition of 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,' 1876. Saturday morning was come, and all the ...

Like Tom Sawyer, many people have grown tired of the staining, painting and repairing a fence. They look forward to ripping out the old one and replacing it.

South Korea will ship oil to North Korea next week as part of a six-nation agreement reached in February that trades energy aid for a shutdown of the North’s main nuclear facility. Funny story ...

Two 10-year-old girls who were turned down for the “boys only” National Tom Sawyer Days Fence Painting Contest in Hannibal, Missouri, still plan to show off their painting skills -- with handmade ...

Tom Sawyer's Texas: Oil and gas are getting renewables and batteries to paint their fence | Opinion By Letters to the Editor, Opinion pieces from Houston Chronicle readers May 14, 2025 ...

Tom Sawyer is on a list of the top 160 books for teenage boys. But will they read it?

Following his strong delivery of “Here’s My Plan,” Tom is told to paint a fence by guardian Aunt Polly.