TIMED OUT World War I's neglected monuments getting spruced up

[The Patriot]

TIMED OUT World War I's neglected monuments getting spruced up

10-07-2017 09:26 AM

A World War I monument in Rhode Island no longer bears the names of soldiers who died fighting; the bronze plaques were stolen decades ago. A statue of a WWI soldier in New York City has a dented helmet and missing rifle. The wooden rifle stack on top of a monument in Washington state has rotted away. Trees memorializing soldiers from Worcester, Mass., have died.


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