B2431 wrote:
History is replete with such examples. We don't need to be
politically correct
about artifacts, but we do need to save them.

Benjamin Franklin once said that for a civilised nation to prosper, it
must study its history impartially and learn from that knowledge. When a
nation ignores part of its history, no matter how unpalatable it is, it
ceases to be civilised. [If anybody has the exact quote, please let me
know.]

Winston Churchill put it is another way: "A nation that forgets its past
has no future."

Cheers
David