Its not Civil War History, or even Robert E Lee history we need to preserve...

Its the rash of bogus memorials erected by the KKK about a century ago in an effort to legitimize the Confederate Insurrection and the foul institutions of slavery and Jim Crow. That is the history that must be preserved, the effort to rewrite history itself. And the next time some southern sympathizer or Confederate apologist tries to tell you its all about "history" or "heritage" tell him its no better than memorials to the SS Generals and soldiers who participated in the NAZI attempt to rule the world. A memorial to Generals Lee, Jackson and Forrest is no more defensible than memorials to Generals Rommel, Keitel and Guderian. Whatever the personal qualities or virtues of these men, it must never be forgotten that they willingly contributed their talent to the preservation and promotion of a malignant obscenity.

I don't care if your great-grandfather was born in Germany, I don't want to be subjected to reverent memorials to Adolph Hitler and Josef Mengele.