"Why are hundreds of Confederate statues still standing?" Quoted twice in this article. I describe the emerging set of arguments set forth by academics as rationalizations for these monuments.

http://thegrio.com/2017/05/26/hundreds-of-confederate-statues-still-standing/#oQWeYWxF2IXyGtRl.01

The link to the article is above.

I will have to elaborate for this posting later. I am currently tied up with a project.

I did supply many links to the writings of different scholars, blog postings, news articles.