A new statue of Sherman was unveiled. After the celebrations, a reporter of asked a visting Southern gentleman what he thought. “Well,” he replied, “when you stand on the northern side of this square, and look at the statue, you see a wise, courageous general astride a noble charger. But,” he paused, “when you stand on the south side and look, you see what we Southerners have always seen – the back side of of a horse.”