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  • Why people care about public monuments - and why they tear them down

    Sep 10, 2020 9:15 am by Dave EvensenExpert Viewpoints
    The Confederate Memorial Carving commemorates Southern Civil War leaders at Stone Mountain in Georgia. Protesters have called for the monument to be destroyed. (Public domain image.)

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    Public monuments are built to represent an idea—and this year, in particular, the ideas of the past have been put under the microscope.

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