" In that way, they [monuments] are a reflection of the times in which they are erected as much as they are a reflection of the times they seek to commemorate. You can think of them, Alderman went on, as monuments to the power of the people who erect them, rather than as solely of the person depicted. "

― , Down Along with That Devil's Bones: A Reckoning with Monuments, Memory, and the Legacy of White Supremacy