A large amount of confederate monuments in America were built during the Jim-Crow era and Civil Rights era. There was even one built in Arizona, and that state wasn't a fucking part of the confederacy, so it's clear what their purpose was. The wounds are still extremely fresh, more than most people would think.
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A large amount of confederate monuments in America were built during the Jim-Crow era and Civil Rights era. There was even one built in Arizona, and that state wasn't a fucking part of the confederacy, so it's clear what their purpose was. The wounds are still extremely fresh, more than most people would think.