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Renamed "Confederate Park" in 1923 at the request of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. A Confederate soldier statue was erected in 1910 at the intersection of North Main Avenue and West Capital Street adjacent to the Park. It was destroyed on July 16, 2016, when a policeman accidentally crashed his patrol car into the monument.
The Putnam County Confederate Memorial was erected in 1924 by the Patton Anderson Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy. [1] On August 25, 2020, the Putnam County Commissioners voted 4–1 to remove it. Where it will be moved to was not decided at that meeting. [2]
A Confederate statue that had been in a Florida park for more than a century was removed on Tuesday ahead of a protest demanding racial equality.
Type 1 was a Confederate soldier on a column with his weapon at parade rest, or weaponless and gazing into the distance. These accounted for approximately half the monuments studied. They are, however, the most popular among the courthouse monuments. Type 2 was a Confederate soldier on a column with rifle ready, or carrying a flag or bugle.
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A proposal to remove the confederate women tribute was introduced to the Jacksonville City Council in 2021, but the Republican-controlled […] The post Jacksonville, Florida, mayor has ...
The 59 feet (18 m) tall structure is approximately 4 feet (1.2 m) wide, with a base measuring approximately 3 feet (0.91 m) x 9 feet (2.7 m). The granite shaft is topped with a bronze statue of a young Confederate soldier, who wears a cap, coat, and caps, and stands with his arms resting on a rifle's barrel. [1]
Statues of two Confederate generals have been removed from their place of honor.