All that is being lost is a fictionalised history of the South made by some socialite ladies, taking off in the early 20th century.
There is no moral authority in how these were erected.
Don't waste the public spaces on a fake past, put up real people (who were usually killed due to the fake past).
Pseudohistory is not just about Ancient Aliens and Antisemitic Khazar theory and others. Trump himself joined in on the trend with his "River of Blood" memorial plaque to a civil war battle that never happened (at a golf course).
https://www.golfdigest.com/story/de...morating-civil-war-battle-that-never-happened
There is no moral authority in how these were erected.
Don't waste the public spaces on a fake past, put up real people (who were usually killed due to the fake past).
Pseudohistory is not just about Ancient Aliens and Antisemitic Khazar theory and others. Trump himself joined in on the trend with his "River of Blood" memorial plaque to a civil war battle that never happened (at a golf course).
https://www.golfdigest.com/story/de...morating-civil-war-battle-that-never-happened