Librado Romero/The New York Times Dear Diary:
Reading the article Aug. 11 about the Sherman Monument by Saint-Gaudens reminded me of another summer day some years back. I was standing on the Fifth Avenue sidewalk, looking at the heroic golden equestrian statue of General Sherman.
Just then, a man declaimed to his wife and kids, with a trace of Georgia in his voice, “That man was a war criminal!â€
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