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A list of 11 Civil War related monuments and markers on city property targeted for removal was released 3 years ago. Only 1 statue on the list has been removed.
(First Coast News) – Removal of confederate monuments is a topic that has been debated here in Jacksonville for years and now Mayor Donna Deegan has included $500,000 in her budget for Confederate Monument Removal, Relocation, Remaining & Renaming, following the step of her predecessor.
The Women of the Southland statue in Springfield Park is one of several that local activists have demanded be removed. It depicts a woman reading to two children and has overlooked this Park in Springfield for over a century.
A promise was made to remove the statue by former Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry during protests in the summer of 2020. Three years later, leaders with ‘Take em Down Jax’ are still protesting.
“That statue, it brings a different message to black men in the south, because white women were used so frequently to cause harm and death to black men who were fighting for their freedom,” Todd Wells, organizer with Take ‘Em Down Jax, said.
The monument was included on a list of 11 Civil War related monuments and markers on city property targeted for removal.
Only 1 statue on the list has been removed; a statue of a Confederate soldier atop an obelisk in James Weldon Johnson Park.
While organizers with Take ‘Em Down Jax are applauding the removal, leaders with Save Southern Heritage believe the city is going too far.
“Those monuments belong to the people and unless you ask the people themselves in a referendum…
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