# What should we do with confederate monuments and statues?

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**Created:** [August 15, 2017, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-we-do-with-confederate-monuments-and-statues/793694 "2017-08-15T01:11:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Richard\_Parker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/35a633/32.png) [@Richard\_Parker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Parker)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2017, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-we-do-with-confederate-monuments-and-statues/793694/267 "2017-08-17T17:00:56Z")

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The NY Review of Books has ungated this great McPherson essay:[Southern Comfort](http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2001/04/12/southern-comfort/).

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