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There is a dangerous tendency in today’s world to impose our norms and worldview onto figures in history. Practices and ideas embraced by society 50, 100, 200 years or more could well be frowned upon by people in the present time. Conversely, many things we find acceptable today may be derided or even scorned by future generations. This has been the case since the beginning of civilization, and is a normal and even healthy evolution of the culture when it changes society for the better.
However, it is patently unfair and even dangerous to judge people who lived during times that were radically different than our own and hold them to standards crafted by generations of which they were never a part.
Credit: Architect of the Capitol
Details from statues of Richard Stockton (left) and General Philip Kearny. The statues are in the National Statuary Hall Collection.
The traumatic events that unfolded on Jan. 6 at the U. S. Capitol brought sobering media attention to “our temple of American democracy.” Video footage of intruders with banners and flags traipsing through Statuary Hall put a dramatic spotlight on the historic space. Less than three weeks later, the House impeachment managers solemnly proceeded through Statuary Hall to deliver the charge of “incitement of insurrection” to the Senate, again bringing visual notice to this dignified setting.