Monument Controversy

Groups and agencies have many factors to consider when they are creating monuments to memorialize certain people and events within our history. These factors to consider when they are creating monuments to memorialize certain people and events within our history. These factors include but are not limited to the relevance of this person or event to history, finances, and the overall the controversy. There are historical sites still standing today that hold a special place in our country’s history. Without these monuments, people would not be able to take a glimpse of the past and learn about history.

For instance, when the ideas of building a Holocaust museum quickly fled around, people of the area did not support it. One of the many reasons