Monuments

Training for the NYC marathon, I've been jogging around the campus and city for the past few weeks. Today, I found a memorial park which has a monument commemorating those who lost their lives in the first and the second World War.

This kind of memorial can be found in many places around U.K. Often you can find one just around the corner in any city or town. An monument must have had its meaning when it was built. Can we say the removal of Chiang's statue reflects the change of public attitude, or simply triggered by political motives?