The Arc de Triomphe was commissioned 1806 by Napoleon after the victory at Austerlitz. Like Most statues and monuments throughout history, they are erected by the the ruling government to commerotae a significant victory or event.
So what are the Confederate monuments and statues then?
By whom were they commissioned and built?
Are they not nothing more than propaganda ande revisionist history?
They don't represent American heritage. They are an attemp to distort it.
They should have never been put up in the first place.