After being out of commission for more than a year, Scoville Park's World War I memorial should be open for reflection again in a few weeks, and the Oak Park park district is looking at ways to celebrate its rededication this autumn.

The park district's project manager, Neil Adams, said the renovations should be finished in two to three weeks.

The statue was originally scheduled to be unveiled at a ceremony last Veterans' Day with Gov. Pat Quinn, but the park district discovered extensive damage to the monument's concrete foundation which delayed the project.

Now, a committee is planning a rededication ceremony for the monument that lives up to its original unveiling in 1925.

At that ceremony, then-commander-in-chief Calvin Coolidge's Vice President Charles Dawes was on hand.

The committee, which includes the Hemingway Museum's Redd Griffin, the Oak Park Library's Debby Preiser and Wednesday Journal's Andy Johnston, among others, is tossing around a similarly impressive list of invitees.

Vice President Joe Biden's name has been mentioned, as well as Quinn's, according to park district spokeswoman Diane Stanke. The committee has also discussed reenacting the original dedication ceremonies, including hiring a bugler.

The rededication is tentatively planned for Sunday, November 7 at 2 p.m., with an earlier ceremony 11 a.m. at the Oak Park Arms.