Restoration of WWI memorial scheduled
Restoration work is set to begin next month on the cracked and neglected District of Columbia War Memorial that honors World War I veterans on the National Mall.
The National Park Service announced Friday that a $2.3 million contract funded by the federal stimulus package has been awarded to Forrester Construction Co. and Lorton Stone LLC.
Contractors will clean and restore the stone and re-point the memorial's joints. Electrical systems and lighting will be replaced. Landscaping will be overhauled and nonnative plants removed to restore an open lawn around the memorial. New bluestone paving will be modeled on the original 1930s design.
National Mall Superintendent John Piltzecker says the work will allow the memorial to again be used for concerts and other events.
--Associated Press
By
Terri Rupar
| July 17, 2010; 11:09 PM ET
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I remember seeing thismemorial many times while driving past it and wondering what it was...The media a few years ago finally wrote about it and its' neglect...
Sad that after all these years something is finally being done about it...but guess better late than never...