L&A Veterans Council Chairman Jerry DeWitt surveys damage Thursday morning at Veterans Memorial Park in Lewiston. He is trying to arrange for a crane to pick up many of the benches, stones and memorials that were washed away by the Androscoggin River after Monday’s storm. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Lewiston city workers survey the damage Thursday morning at Veterans Memorial Park beside Main Street in Lewiston as flood waters rush over the Great Falls on the Androscoggin River. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Tons of debris, overturned memorial benches and stones litter Veterans Memorial Park on Thursday morning off Main Street in Lewiston. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

The marker for a military jeep is wedged Thursday morning among debris at Veterans Memorial Parks off Main Street in Lewiston. The jeep, which was donated by Del Gendron, did not get swept away by the raging floodwaters of the Androscoggin River. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

L&A Veterans Council Chairman Jerry DeWitt, left, and a city employee survey damage Thursday morning at Veterans Memorial Park off Main Street in Lewiston. DeWitt is trying to arrange for a crane to pick up many of the benches, stones and memorials that were washed away by the floodwaters of the Androscoggin River after Monday’s storm. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal