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People to want to come to Richmond from all over to see things like the monuments and various other aspects of our history. Just a suggestion, I think that probably what needs to be done is to put up some signs, on the Confederate monuments, which say that these were placed here by people of another era and different perspectives. We do not endorse what they stood for, in their civil war actions, we simply leave them as a reminder of what happened back then and as a warning to present and future generations. Having said something like that, the state and city and various interested groups could work on making Monument Avenue really live up to its name. Monument Avenue is a very long avenue. There is room there for many future monuments. The Ashe Monument was a good start for non-Confederate monuments. There are many people and groups who would be worthy of memorializing with monuments, statues, etc. along Monument Avenue in between the Confederate monuments and on past them all the way out to Horsepen Road in Henrico County. Handled tastefully, Monument Avenue could become a wonder to behold and a much more positive representation of the Richmond area and of Virginia's history.