Confederate symbols prove difficult to remove in many states The truth of the matter is that most of these monuments and memorials don’t offer any historical context at all
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Just past the gate at an entrance to the Texas Capitol, a large monument honoring the soldiers of the Confederacy looms, with towering statues and an inscription that reads, “Died for state rights guaranteed under the Constitution.”
It is one of seven Confederate memorials on the Texas Capitol grounds alone. There are over 2,000 Confederate symbols from monuments to building names in public spaces nationwide, more than a century and a half after the Civil War ended slavery, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center.
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