The United States World War One Centennial Commission recognized the statue on the riverfront as one of the agency’s 100 cities- 100 memorials recognition. Link included to the recognition website.
The statute honoring World War One Veterans was created by Leonard Crunelle around 1930. The recognition comes with a matching grant.
The local Historic Preservation Commission has led a recent effort to restore the statue and that process is in place with another agency.
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