pfr- I'm not advocating the destruction of these monuments, if some one wants to display them on private property, without the use of public funds, that's their business. As for museums, I prefer the approach of the Legacy Museum mentioned above.

Noted, McGrath, but I disagree, I think monuments that commemorate the Minstrel Era, when blacks were depicted as lazy,sub-human, buffoons fit only for use as entertainers or as beasts of burden (an attitude that is still pervasive in some areas of this country) are just as pernicious as the statues that were erected to perpetuate the myth of the glorious lost cause and to demonstrate white supremacy. That Minstrel stuff went on right up into the 1930's to some degree and as a one time member of a large extended black family I can tell you it was not appreciated, to say the least. BTW, I'm not sure if you were implying it but it's not just black Americans that find these racist monuments offensive.

Now I've said all I have to say on this subject. I think we covered it pretty thoroughly on the Confederate Monuments thread not so long ago.