Ok yes, I was interpreting it from the POV of someone who doesn't know the person, whereas the people who memorialised it probably did know the person. but the

Ok yes, I was interpreting it from the POV of someone who doesn't know the person, whereas the people who memorialised it probably did know the person. but then it is a public memorial so it shouldn't really be intended as a personalised memorial? If a statue to a famous person is unveiled, I would expect that it would celebrate the things they are famous for, not their personal life.