Why let it remain and then cover it up? That doesn't make sense. The truth should be available for all to see.
This has been around for a long time. I read about it a few years back. It is one of the few representations of our history accurately displayed in a public art form. I don't wish students emotional pain but when we don't understand or remember history we will repeat it.
My point exactly. They might've painted over it with some religious depiction just to spite it.