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History is a funny thing, as Napoleon said "History is a set of lies that people have agreed upon.". "Even when I am gone, I shall remain in people's minds the star of their rights, my name will be the war cry of their efforts, the motto of their hopes." Napoleon is one of the most written about rulers in the world. Some admired him but many did not.

"an enlightened despot who laid the foundations of modern Europe" or "a megalomaniac who wrought greater misery than any man before the coming of Hitler".[Hastings, Max (31 October 2014). "Everything is Owed to Glory". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on 13 November 2014.]

As usual it depends on which book your reading.

As to Statues, they come in go, I had an ancestor who killed a group of Indians who had captured her and the town put up a statue to her for it. Do Native Americans agree?

The Civil War affected a lot of people, and I don't believe Jeff Davis should be given one because he was a traitor to the United States. He made his choice and is doomed to forever be remembered as a traitor. The confederate soldiers that died in battle fought an unjust war and also were traitors. I had ancestors on both sides. On the confederate they were left alone and continued their lives, eventually spending the time to rebuild the South as it was before the Civil War. Reconstruction. The Union soldiers waited years for their pensions, more died of disease than battle wounds, or returned to their lives with terrible wounds and physical problems.

Next time you decide to give information, please give a source Just in Hale. Do we really need statues to remind us of the horror of war.

Military bases should honor people who served their country honorably. Not Traitors.