{"id":52479,"date":"2017-05-13T20:14:43","date_gmt":"2017-05-13T20:14:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2017\/05\/13\/lawmakers-veterans-push-michigan-war-memorial-s-restoration\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T08:55:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T08:55:59","slug":"lawmakers-veterans-push-michigan-war-memorial-s-restoration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/education-transition\/2017\/05\/13\/lawmakers-veterans-push-michigan-war-memorial-s-restoration\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawmakers, veterans push Michigan war memorial&#8217;s restoration"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>DETROIT \u2014 A crumbling Detroit pillar dedicated to Michigan&#8217;s war veterans is in need of restoration.<br\/><br\/>State Sen. Mike Kowall said that he believes the Michigan War Veterans Memorial can be restored, or moved and restored. His office reports that plans are under way for Kowall to meet with Brig. Gen. 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There have been many failed attempts at restoration, leading to pessimism among supporters of the memorial.<br\/><br\/>U.S. Air Force veteran Dick Chatman has been advocating for the memorial since 2005, picking up where a Korean War veteran and advocate left off.<br\/><br\/><br\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Michigan War Veterans Memorial 3\" data-alignment=\"center\" data-object-id=\"0000015c-037d-db02-a5dc-2fffe1e70000\" data-type=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/snagfilms-a.akamaihd.net\/49\/01\/52befacf438ebcdb08d57b33d307\/michigan-war-veterans-memorial-3.jpg\"\/><figcaption> <span>In this May 5, 2017, photo, U.S. Air Force veteran Dick Chatman, 68, of Detroit talks about the Michigan War Veterans Memorial near the now-abandoned State Fairgrounds in Detroit, that he has been working to get restored since 2005. People have been stealing its plaques. <\/span><\/figcaption><figcaption> <span>Photo Credit: Ryan Garza\/Detroit Free Press via AP<\/span><\/figcaption><br\/>Chatman places 30 American flags in the ground around the site on Memorial Day and Veterans Day weekends, &#8220;just to let people know that even though it&#8217;s crumbling and falling down, this is a memorial and that we care about it,&#8221; he said. &#8220;People will come up to me while I&#8217;m putting the flags down, and (say they) never knew what this was. And that&#8217;s understandable. 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