It is past time for this offensive and insensitive exultation of a misguided fallen hero to be deep-sixed and expunged from the national collective memory.
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It is politically incorrect and a burden to offspring of Bonus Army troops to have this rebellious individual exalted in the memory of a politically correct and sensitive nation.
In short: Time to go, corn cob pipe and all.
It is a simple bottom line. Rebellious generals are no longer in vogue. So act accordingly, on a level playing field, please, and this goes for the White House on down. Clean things up.
See, also, here and here, and this web search.
If you want a statue of a rebel, if that's important to you, put up one of Abbie Hoffman.
UPDATE: Ubiquity. And then some. And he never had a catching nickname either; no "Stonewall" to the man's legacy. No "Old Ironsides."