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Some Americans, spurred by a love of art and history, are determined to rescue statues and other outdoor sculpture from the ravages of neglect and abuse.
Thousands of public art works are getting registered and in many cases repaired by volunteers in a "Save Outdoor Sculpture" project backed by the Smithsonian Institution.
From the nation's capital to Chicago to Seattle, more than 15,000 individuals and private organizations and public groups and governments have joined the SOS effort since 1992, registering three-dimensional outdoor sculptures.
So far, more than 22,000 outdoor "sculptures" have been cataloged -- from a 12-mile-wide volcanic crater in Arizona...