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Revelation34 posted...

If it's a professionally done statue then they definitely do. The historical value is self explanatory.

... Plenty of people can "professionally" do art and the don't merit positions in a museum.

Historical value is not self explanatory.

You are just attempting to take bare minimum standards for your statement which makes it nonsense. Some of these statues do hold some artistic value, but most are unknown artists holding little renown.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_B._Taney_(sculpture) is an example of a statue that was taken down and did not hold any value beyond honoring a man who has the dred scott decision has his sole legacy around 180 years after his death.