What happens when the British don't put historical treasures in a museum...
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Statue monuments have never really been an American thing. Sure, we have them, but they're not prominent, not like Nelson's Column or the Victoria Memorial.
The prominent monuments in the US are all too fucking big to be harmed by mere vandalism. People can hate the arch all they want but the arch doesn't fucking care, it's 600' tall and made of steel.
We also have a significant amount of maintained and/or restored equipment, since that was always an American thing. We have far more museum ships than anyone else in the world, there are many railroads that maintain old steam engines that still make runs (even if it is a special excursions instead of dedicated revenue service), restored cars are practically boring for how common they are, etc.
Sure, people got angry over destroyed statues. But if anyone ever tried to damage something like USS Missouri, it would have ended far worse for them.
Would it? Maybe it just hasn't occurred to them to try it yet.