richard: warren boland, a federal worker who works by the statue every day, doesn't like it. >> it's a symbol of white supremacy>>. there's no place for that. richard: days after the violence in charlottesville, statues removed in baltimore and durham. >> what is striking about what has happened since charlottesville is the speed of the response. of them at least 1700 nationwide, many put up in the 1800s soldiers were dying off and the jim crow movement was gaining strength. >> detractors see them as nothing more than symbols of ideology and white supremacy and jim crow. richard: a great divide many years later, now in the 21st century. >> if you start taking them down, where can you stop? >> maybe it can be replaced with something more inspirational. richard: the statues, the center of a contested debate, history or hate. >> there's more good in this country then there is bad, to identify the good, not repeat the bad. the pike statue. the national park service will be the decider is on the issue. richard reeve, abc seven news. located one 7 monuments, crews removing before sunrise i