If you must keep a 100 year old piece of history out in the weather, surely you can restore it then get some of your young people on the dole (who need meaningful jobs) to bring in in every evening to oil it down, no??
I was in Shawville, Quebec last weekend and they have a 25 pdr at their cenotaph. It hadn't been painted in so long that there was a health growth of lichen and moss on it. Ugg. There was also a teenager lying in a dry fountain playing with his cellphone. I shan't comment further.
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