Great post. Such facts are repeating on the "developed" and "developing" countries. I could name several examples besides USA and the Confederate Statues, Ukraine with Communist era monuments, Brazil with Militar Government Presidents statues and roads and so on, not to talk in the destructive propaganda from ISIS and Taliban, destroying priceless heritage.

This happens since the beginning of the civilizations. For example, Egyptian kings erased the names from predecessors on monuments and temples.

Time passes but the man does not learn with the past, and the same mistakes happen again and again...