What these historical illiterates do not know is that these monuments were erected at a time when the country wanted to unite in order to face big challenges. Picture Confederate veterans lining the railroad saluting the Rough Riders as they proceeded to the port of Tampa. Or bases named for Confederate generals that were built to train the Doughboys before they headed Over There. These monuments were all part of this. During WWI, Civil War veterans were the same age as Vietnam veterans are today. These monuments to both sides helped unite this country into a world power, in a small way granted, but that was their purpose at the time.
When the socialists won in Spain a dozen years ago they set about removing all statues and street names dedicated to General Franco; history is written by the victors, and we’ve lost to the communists.
Were the Ku Klux Klan Democrats who put up these monuments interested in "uniting the country"? Hardly. They were terrorists who seized power by murdering elected Republicans. It is a grave scandal that the US allowed the Democrats to rule many "Solid South" states by force for almost a century.