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Letter: Art, symbols have always been used to define us

Members of the Hall County Sheriff's Office form a barricade next to the Confederate monument Saturday in downtown Gainesville. - photo by David Barnes

Members of the Hall County Sheriff's Office form a barricade next to the Confederate monument Saturday in downtown Gainesville. - photo by David Barnes

It’s what every culture in human history has done: using art to further your agenda. Art is important and powerful. Who you memorialize in art says a lot about the culture.