[ContentiousObjector]

what is objectionable to a monument to an American president in an American city?

[NittanyLion]

what is objectionable to a monument to an American president in an American city?

That's my question too. It seems the only ones keeping this alive are the leftists who profit from balkanizing society and the ones who are [evidently] still upset about the outcome of the war. And as near as I can tell both groups are still living in a time 135 years ago.

[talleyman]

"What is objectionable to a monument to an American president in an American city? "

"If you don't know, I'm not going to tell you."

[wardaddy]

Nothing.

But that is not the point. I admittedly assume they have chosen to place Abe and Todd in Richmond to make a political statement and if so then they should be aware of political grumblings or fallout.

Placing a statue of Ronald Reagan in Harvard Square or Sheridan Square would probably evoke similar grumblings but from different quarters.

Do you know for example if there is a statue of Edward Longshanks in Edinburgh as a comparison?