Just two weeks ago I wrote about the disturbing renaissance of history's greatest mass murders (Hitler, Mao and Stalin). The unveiling of a monument to Stalin in Ukraine and the display of Stalin posters in Red Square during this year's WWII victory celebration were disturbing, as they are a reminder that there are still those in Russia and Ukraine who have an attachment to the former dictator. I took comfort in the fact that even under the Obama regime there were no tributes to Stalin in America.

A bust of dictator Joseph Stalin has been placed at the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford despite public protest over its presence.

The sculpture was installed at the memorial Tuesday, said William McIntosh, president of the memorial foundation.

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Annie Pollard, a Bedford County Supervisor who has volunteered at the memorial, said Wednesday it has been a source of controversy in Bedford and she feels its presence is "a slap in the face to all these other people we honor and remember."

"I just don't think it belongs on the hill with them," Pollard [said]. "To me, he (Stalin) is just a murderer. I just can't see how he fits in with the memorial. They are people we want to remember. He's someone I'd rather forget."

Members of Bedford's American Legion Post have written letters in protest and have met with Mr. McIntosh, but to no avail. McIntosh has said that the bust is in recognition of Stalin's role in the defeat of Nazi Germany and as such it deserves to be part of the memorial.