Now you're really reaching.
I never mentioned feelings.
Your argument is twofold: there should be a statue of Lincoln in Richmond because he went to Richmond. If your criterion is that a statue should be erected to Lincoln wherever he happened to roam, then there are tens of thousands of missing Lincoln statues through America that remain curiously unbuilt.
Seeing that your first argument is stupid and nonsensical, let's look at the second, which is: whoever wins a battle should put up statues to pat themselves on the back wherever they go. Kind of like a dog pissing to mark off his territory or a drug-dealer spray-painting to mark off his turf.
This compulsive need to rub people's noses in things is certainly a feeling, and not a very attractive one either.
Erm, no.... I see no problem with erecting a statue where an event actually occurred.
Jeez, Albuquerque has a MLK Ave and a Cesar Chavez BLVD and they never even came here. I DO have a problem with that nonsense.
We even have a statue of Don Juan de Onate the Conquistador here that the local indians keep vandalizing.
I would've thought that the southerners were more circumspect and dignified than that. I guess I thought wrong....