Minneapolis ? A bronze statue capturing Mary Tyler Moore flinging her tam was went on display Wednesday at the downtown intersection where she originally twirled in the opening montage from her 1970s television hit, “The Mary Tyler Moore Show.”

After introductions by Mayor R.T. Rybak, Moore emerged, smiling and waving.

Mary Tyler Moore tosses her hat out to the crowd after a bronze statue of her famous hat toss, at left, is unveiled in Minneapolis.

Sonny Curtis, who sang the theme song from the show, “Love is All Around,” sang it again and played guitar as the crowd of about 2,000 sang along.

Then the drape over the statue was pulled away, showing Moore smiling widely as her tam left her fingertips.

The 64-year-old actress thanked the crowd for braving the chilly weather, then quoted from the theme song: “I guess I can take a nothing day and suddenly make it all seem worthwhile.”

At the end, she tossed her tam into the crowd.

The 7:30 a.m. CDT event was broadcast on several television networks.

“This is truly an historic moment in television history,” said Larry W. Jones, general manager of TV Land, the cable company that broadcasts syndicated episodes of the “Mary Tyler Moore Show.”

TV Land paid for the bronze statue that has been placed at the corner of Seventh Street and Nicollet Avenue in front of the downtown Marshall Field’s store.