I work in a town that still has a confederate statue standing in front of its county courthouse. It's an embarrassment. The reality is there are a lot of ignorant rednecks and racists who live in this county who protest angrily any time someone even suggests the statue come down. They threaten violence. The politicians often are cowed by their vitroil.
Here is an excellent article from the Kaufman Herald about this racist history of the statue. Ironic because even the Kaufman Herald has this soldier in their masthead.
http://www.kaufmanherald.com/around_town/article_7fffb15c-fc2a-11ea-acc0-b7518ddd1102.html
