Removal of Confederate Monuments

[Dennis Urban]

How can we, by today's standards and political correctness, properly judge what was in the hearts and minds of the groups and individuals who erected those Confederate monuments 80-125 years ago. Most did not leave written reasons for doing so. I choose to believe they were commemorating history rather than a lifestyle or political belief. Their motives went unquestioned for decades until just recent years when groups with particular agendas decided to interpret those minds and feelings of so many years ago. History cannot be changed. It is what it is. Let's leave the interpretations aside and teach the history without bias and preconceived notions.