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So while there were spikes in the two periods stated the graph also shows there were some built consistently every decade since the Civil War through to today.

almost as if we still have large patches of racism. I mean holy shit, look at the explosion of school naming/renaming after the brown vs board case. But you do raise a good question. What is your cutoff for them to be "historical"?

Once you do start ripping out monuments it won't stop with Confederate ones.

Source? I mean relocating or removing statues isn't a new or US only thing. The UK has its own wiki page for its efforts.