Eh I hate to tell you BUT there are many memorials to his bravery, courage and sacrifice in Saratoga as well as further north. Without that "low life", the American Traitors may not have won the Revolutionary War. Should we rip down those tributes? Don't forget Franklin's famous words regarding their treason ""We must, indeed, all hang together or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately." Also let's not forget that Franklin was dead set against the Revolution until the very end when he was rebuked by the Crown because he thought it too far out to revolt and that it was treasonous.
What you guys are missing is the tearing down of monuments that are already up denoting our historical figures, good or bad and as jazdoc and I pointed out when and where do you stop. We are not talking about putting new monuments but tearing down what exists. You refuse to answer that simple question other than with platitudes about "decency, blah, blah".
There are many statues and memorials to the "brave men and figures" at Confederate battlefields. Are those museums? Should they be torn down? Are they offensive because they represent a horrible time in American history? Now you have people going after our Founders and Framers who want to rip apart the Jefferson Memorial and change the name of or rip down the Washington Memorial. You have lunatics who want to eliminate all recognition of Jefferson at UVA, including his many statues, memorials and plaques as well as rename buildings. Should we tear out the many foreign plants and trees he planted on the campus? You have lunatics who want to shut down Monticello and Mt. Vernon; are those museums that should be allowed to exist or because they are offensive to some be torn down as other memorials are being torn down. Without getting into politics any further, one thing I have learned about this kind of behavior is that where it begins is never the intention of where these maniacs want to end. They have no intention of placing any of this in museums as they are already calling for the destruction of what many of us refer to as museums.
Again, answer the very specific question regarding Grant to put a face and name to a Northern Hero General, regarded as responsible for turning the tide of the Civil War. One of the most if not the most anti-Semitic leader of the north during (and after) the Civil War, with General Order No 11 as well including his anti-Semitic rhetoric. Why not tear down Grants tomb and like Horatio Gates move his remains to an unmarked grave in Trinity Church. How about Lincoln, who as a youngster took part in a battle against Native Americans and actually had many campaigns against the same during his presidency responsible for the massacre of many innocents. Or all the other historical figures that did unacceptable acts; surely none are as egregious as FDR's internment of Japanese-Americans.
In an effort to be politically correct, you guys can't even understand history, the effects the good and bad have had on our or any heritage for that matter, how to define what constitutes a memorial or a museum so how are you going to be the arbiters of "whats acceptable". There have been many regimes in past history that thought they knew what was acceptable and they all turned into fascists or dictatorial regimes.
