Josie, it was interesting reading this article. In a post by the New York Times i read https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/15/opinion/confederate-monuments-white-supremacy-charlottesville.html
it talks about how these statues are just a ground for the neo nazi and white supremacist to be symbols of white supremacya and are a sign of hate and not heritage. The times these statues were put up were in times of hate (1890 – 1920). These times were days of racial violence; they were a way to push back on the progress that african americans made, which was very little to begin with. In these times there were many lynchings or black folks. I liked reading your article and understood your side but there is also another.

Josie,
I think this is an interesting article. I agree that we not forget our past but I do not think the statues should be left standing. They glorify individuals who had strong racist views and in the present day racism should not be encouraged.