@evilpresident
It was typical of Paul, a generous philanthropist, to commission statues for cities to have and place.
Although, sadly for Leo, Henry, and him, the Robert E. Lee statue has become a symbol of idolizing for the white supremacists, even though Lee wasn’t a white supremacist himself and was glad he had lost in the Civil War and that slavery was abolished.
To quote Confederate General Lee:
So far from engaging in a war to perpetuate slavery, I am rejoiced that Slavery is abolished. I believe it will be greatly for the interest of the South. So fully am I satisfied of this that I would have cheerfully lost all that I have lost by the war, and have suffered all that I have suffered to have this object attained.