Confederate statues and monuments have made local and national headlines as the country decides how to respond to the memorialization of confederate soldiers. WHAS in Louisville talked with historians on both sides of the issue – including Dan Vivian, chair of the Department of Historic Preservation – to find out what led people to build the statues to begin with.

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