Update: It turns out this monument was hit multiple times over the last twenty years, at least. It was moved into storage in June 2018; the grassroots effort to replace it with a new monument in nearby Jones Park was successful and the new monument was rededicated on May 25th, Memorial Day Weekend 2019. Read the first article and the second article at St. Louis Magazine.

I hadn’t been by Jones Park since July of 2008, and I stumbled across this interesting war memorial. I did not even realize that until I was editing photos at home, but it looks like it has been hit by a large truck. It is still standing for now.