In this March 30, 2016, photo provided by NYC Parks, the World War I Highbridge Doughboy statue is repaired at the NYC Parks monument repair facility in the Brooklyn borough of New York. World War I monuments nationwide have been forgotten about and fallen into disrepair. The centennial of America’s involvement in World War I has drawn attention to the state of disrepair of many monuments honoring soldiers, galvanizing efforts to fix them. (NYC Parks via AP)
In this March 30, 2016, photo provided by NYC Parks, the World War I Highbridge Doughboy statue is repaired at the NYC Parks monument repair facility in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (NYC Parks via AP)
In this April 2017 photo provided by Gordon L. Aleshire, a World War I memorial pillar is shown in disrepair in Raymond, Wash. "We were embarrassed over it," said Army veteran Aleshire, who's coordinating the project. "The VFW thought the city was going to take care of it and the city thought the VFW was going to take care of it and no one did. Now we'll have a plan to make sure we won't let it get into such disrepair in the future." The centennial of America’s involvement in World War I has drawn attention to the state of disrepair of many monuments honoring soldiers, galvanizing efforts to fix them. (Gordon L. Aleshire via AP)
In this Friday, Sept. 29, 201 photo, Bob Cornett, of Newport, R.I., views a World War I memorial, which was vandalized about 40 years ago, while touring Miantonomi Memorial Park Tower with Jack Monahan, (not pictured), a member of the U.S. World War I Centennial Commission, in Newport, R.I. The tower once featured bronze plaques with the names of WWI soldiers from the area who perished. The centennial of America’s involvement in World War I has drawn attention to the state of disrepair of many monuments honoring soldiers, galvanizing efforts to fix them. (Jennifer McDermot/AP)
In this Friday, Sept. 29, 2017, photo, Jack Monahan, member of the U.S. World War I Centennial Commission, left, views a World War I memorial, which was vandalized about 40 years ago, with Bob Cornett, right, and Edith Fletcher, center, at Miantonomi Memorial Park Tower in Newport, R.I. The tower once featured bronze plaques with the names of WWI soldiers from the area who perished. The centennial of America’s involvement in World War I has drawn attention to the state of disrepair of many monuments honoring soldiers, galvanizing efforts to fix them. (Jennifer McDermott/AP)
In this Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017, photo, young trees, right, planted to restore Memorial Grove, a living World War I memorial, stand among the original trees in Green Hill Park in Worcester, Mass. The grove is among the memorials that The U.S. World War I Centennial Commission and the Pritzker Military Museum and Library are helping restore across the nation. (Bill Sikes/AP)