Can't condone the mob violence and tearing them down in a riot. Remove them in an orderly fashion. Some should go to a museum, others to the trash heap. I'll leave it to the historical society to decide what goes where.
Every war, every battle, every skirmish has it's heroes and cowards, with most just thankful to have survived another day. It's difficult to honor your enemy in the thick of it but upon reflection one can usually find empathy if not honor. They believed, they fought, they put it on the line when others did nothing but talk. I respect any man or woman who faced the horror once and went back again and again.
Time to bury this civil war hatchet and move on, not that I'm so naive as to think it will end there, but it's a start and maybe cooler heads can find that gesture as a starting point. If not, lets go to hell in a blaze of glory. Had to say that just in case someone thought my account had been hijacked.
better yet, the smelter to make shells for the troops
