I think a statue of the Orange Ogre behind bars would be nice, especially if he is one day convicted and serves.

So we should not have states then....really

Legacy Museum opens in Montgomery, Alabama, to highlight slavery
and Statues of people from the Irish Famine
Should we remove theses statues.

Why do we have to have absolutist positions on everything. Statues or no statues. What's wrong with people

"I have honestly never felt any kind of inspiration when at a statue. They are just there, taking up public space" Then you are looking at the wrong statues

Is not art, much as I love some of its products, just a human vanity project anyway. The idea that some of our handcrafts are somehow, spiritually, (Meaningless word.) raised above others, is just an example of the discredited idea of human exceptionalism. Why is a mural, considered art, but a pair of boots handcrafted with skill, care, thought, and imagination by a shoe maker or a nest made by a weaver bird, with love and care, not art.

Art is another religion, albeit a none theist one. Is it not time we started to see art for the vanity project it is, and public art as just another form of environmental pollution anyway.

I think you have to be really careful in choosing, and who gets to choose because people have hidden or not so hidden agendas that don't stand the test of time. Failing that be ready and willing to and replace the offensive item.

Folks want to rename a neighborhood in my city which is named after someone famous who is no longer, how shall I put it - in favor. So of course they are picking other people to name it after. I just hope they are really careful with the person they choose or in a few decades time we may be regretting it. And honestly, even if you are super careful you can still end up screwed when formerly secret information is revealed - often after someone's death - or you get caught by moral subjectivism of future generations. For instance imagine how there could be time in our future when statues of anyone who ate meat are torn down for their participation and failure to reject the 21st Century barbarism of meat eating.

Looking into the face of Lincoln in his memorial always tugged at my heart!

Memorials to one person have been made since the beginning of human civilization. Go to the Cairo museum! (Apparently, Pharaohs were all perfect physical specimens!) Putting a (more-or-less) human face on someone who contributed greatly to civilization can have power. I'd like to see the Susan B/Frederick Douglass statue, myself. (See below.) There's an absolutely delightful statue of Oscar Wilde in Dublin...he's wearing purple and green and he's very jolly. I think he could easily inspire a student to read his works.

And then, there's the Tomb of the Unknown at Arlington....AND a similar Tomb of the Unknown at the Kremlin. I think we just need better standards about who's honored and who's forgotten.

Here in Rochester we have a statue of Susan B Anthony and Frederick Douglass having tea together, which they actually did on many occasions. It's across the street from the Susan B Anthony home. The Frederick Douglass home burned down long ago. It's a little bit inspiring. I like it.