I read an article (don't know hoe true it is) saying that a lot of soldiers were buried without grave markers, etc and were forgotten. Some group raised money (back in the day) and put up these monuments as a general grave marker to those who died.

I do think a lot of this is getting way out of hand

Yes, if I recall they did ,we were taught it in history but it was a long time ago.
I'm waiting for someone in America to want the statue of liberty removed because the French used slaves!
Thanks for the comment yellowrose.
And yes, I've said before, how far do you go back?
And yes, it's getting out of hand.

French
Amazing how a 25 mile stretch of water can make you feel so happy
They and Germany have let all the migrants get that far
Yes, the churches will be next some really old ones here with many tombs and statues in! Churchill will be next because of what he did in ww2

Why do you think it's suddenly become a problem?
Is it just another form of wanting to mess up the country like they do here? Just amazes me, these people can do this but if they saw a starving person they'd walk on by!

Good question. Why didn't these riots happen during Obama? When Trump was elected, college kids needed play doh etc. Now this. Why didn't this bs happen before?

I'm not sure how to word this, but I suspect that the thought or desire was always there. It's just coming to surface now that we have a President who speaks his mind no matter what and opening talks about getting rid of anything that stands in the way of change, imo.

So now it's kind of like "Follow the Leader". Someone sees somebody do what they've wanted to do, and it somehow gives them the okay to do it themselves. Especially if the person they are following is in a Publicly high status. It's not right and is messed up, but it seems to be how it goes most of the time.

I agree with both you and Mikey, it's getting really out of hand to the point of ridiculous.

Yes, good point.
It's like you never hear about the guy or company who employes a few hundred people unless he gets rid of one !

Maybe it's a bit of follow the leader but I think it's more the activists trying to mess things up!

Yes, definitely! Yellowrose had asked why now, and not before, so that is what came to mind. And I think especially the activists would use the excuse, "the President does, why can't we" do go to extremes with acts of violence and destruction...even against the President.

Yes, and it's kind of like someone who has a desire to jump off a cliff into a very inviting looking lake. They want to but are afraid. They see someone else do it and know now it's safe to do so, so they too jump.

In the crazy minds of some of these people, they may feel it's now "safe" to do this, or speak out, because after all, the President does.

I'm not saying it's Trumps fault or that he's to blame...each person is responsible for their own behavior. I'm just saying maybe the "Follow the Leader" thing is coming into to play.

Yes, definitely! Yellowrose had asked why now, and not before, so that is what came to mind. And I think especially the activists would use the excuse, "the President does, why can't we" do go to extremes with acts of violence and destruction...even if they are against the President.

I wasn't even just talking about Obama. Why not during Bush jr, Clinton, Bush Sr, etc

I don't buy it. Obama had BLM etc. Regarless, I don't think it is an excuse

I see it as opportunity. We had a black president for 8 urs that (I am sure) would back it. But they wait until Trump....along with the other crap now