What I really don't get, and it's truly hypocritical on the part of the "left" (whatever that means anyway) is that these things are being removed for peoples safety?  I've travelled the world, been to hundreds of museums, seen more statues, plaques, etc. in and out of Canada, and many of them had to do with war heroes. In a war, there were two sides. Now, if there is a historical plaque, it has to be removed????? Why??  Because someone may get hurt because some group wants to riot because of what may have happened two hundred years before??  Has the world gone that crazy that riots (yes, on both sides???  When Trump got elected, the "Left" rioted, burned buildings, beat people up..) are the answer??  I am not a fan of removing history.  It's happening too much.  History is what teaches people that things like slavery, as ugly as it is, actually happened so we should not let it happen again.  People who don't learn from history are bound to repeat it. That is what is going on now.