How do you all feel about this? Does it make sense to see men/women of the past through a modern lens? We are living in a society where we are expecting everyone to be perfect lest they be cancelled. I am not perfect. I have said and done things in the past that I am ashamed of. But I am ashamed because I have grown, learned and bettered my understanding of the world and my fellow man. There's currently no room for growth for the living in this culture. There's no chance of growth for the dead. I don't know who the councilmen/women are that made this choice, but I would wager that they're imperfect.
I think it's good to study our founders and learn from the past. To understand that they were men/women of their time and imperfect. Removing a statue of our third president is a big move. I'm not convinced it's the right one.
I do think it would make sense to have a plaque that explained what a complex individual Jefferson was. He was a hypocrite when it came to slavery.