The tale is told of Jane McCrae, an American loyalist, affianced to a British officer, who was killed by Native Americans fighting for the British during the revolutionary war. Supposedly he recognized HER scalp, among a collection of trophies.
I always admired the Czechs. There was a tank in some Czech village set up as a monument to the Russian army. Shortly after the Russian Army packed up and left, the villagers started painting it pink. I believe the authorities finally moved the thing indoors.
Friends of mine, and I, risked life and limb to put silly clothes on a statue on The Monument, in Athens Ohio, when I was going to O.U. (No it wasn't the one at the top.) Try that with your favorite monument.