Trump complains that efforts to take down Confederate memorials amount to altering the past, but numerous examples made their mark in recent decades“You are changing history,” Donald Trump said on Tuesday of efforts to remove Confederate monuments in Charlottesville, Virginia, and elsewhere across the United States. Thirty-two Confederate memorials have been dedicated in the past 17 years, according to a survey by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). Iowa, a Union state, has three Confederate monuments, all dedicated after 2000. Photograph: Alamy Stock PhotoThe most recent efforts to dedicate and rededicate Confederate monuments come amid decades-long efforts to remove them. While some of the newer monuments are simple stones or plaques commemorating Confederate soldiers, others are large sculptures celebrating major Confederate leaders.

Source: The Guardian August 16, 2017 20:48 UTC