I think it is fair to look at who erected the statues and question the purpose for doing so. Some believe that there is a false narrative being pushed. A false narrative that contradicts true history. I grew up in the North but went to university in the South and lived there in various states for as many years as my Northern youth. I can tell you, I learned one perspective as a school boy, but found many in the South that learned another perspective. They can't both by true, and therefore, they cannot both be history. One is history, the other is a story told for various reasons. Too, there are places for history that are more appropriate than other places. Maybe statues to figures that some legitimately view as oppressive should not be placed at the center of town in a place of high honor. And why does the state of California, for example, 5 Confederate symbols, or Washington state 1? Again, why do these exist? Were they erected by those merely wanting to teach kids history?