Hemming Park Beautification

[KenFSU]

They're turning it into a Bono's

[thelakelander]

Hopefully, they'll do something to address the underutilized spaces immediately surrounding it, like the old church or vacant storefronts at the library.  If not, only dealing with the park won't achieve the level of vibrancy people tend to speak of, when they compare it to similiar spaces in more cosmopolitan cities.

[BridgeTroll]

Im betting on a combination skateboard park, shuffleboard court and nude beach...

[CG7]

Now that's what i call having something for  everyone 

[mtraininjax]

Name change coming, in response to Tear 'Em Down Jax. Hemming too closely related to hate.

[Dapperdan]

So, honest question, should the Confederate memorial come down? I honestly don't know what we are honoring with it. Is it historical people who condoned owning other people for commercial profit? Is that we are honoring? Are we honoring the losing side of a war? I understand some may have relatives that served in this war but I am sure people in Germany have relatives who incinerated people in furnaces for their race. Germany outlawed almost any reference to their Nazi heritage. I obviously feel like ours should come down. Just curious what others though.

[jlmann]

opinions have been made known here.  after this weekends events wonder if we hear any changes of heart or just silence until this blows over and many can return to the BS arguments re:history

[Josh]

So, honest question, should the Confederate memorial come down? I honestly don't know what we are honoring with it. Is it historical people who condoned owning other people for commercial profit? Is that we are honoring? Are we honoring the losing side of a war? I understand some may have relatives that served in this war but I am sure people in Germany have relatives who incinerated people in furnaces for their race. Germany outlawed almost any reference to their Nazi heritage. I obviously feel like ours should come down. Just curious what others though.

Like most confederate memorials, it's mostly a participation trophy....

At least this one is "honoring" the locals that fought and died, as opposed to one of the individual wealthy traitors that are the subject of most of these memorials. One would think it's more of a "safe" memorial, but apparently Gainesville is removing their similar trophy today, so the one here probably only has a decade of time left.

http://jacksonville.com/news/florida/2017-08-14/city-gainesville-removes-confederate-statute

[Dapperdan]

I know it is historical and survived the great fire, so I think it should honestly be moved into a  museum type setting. If you want to view it you can. Just not in  a public square where you are forced to view it.

[Josh]

I know it is historical and survived the great fire, so I think it should honestly be moved into a  museum type setting. If you want to view it you can. Just not in  a public square where you are forced to view it.

It probably helps that most people don't even notice there's a guy up on the top of that monument.

[Jim]

Tell us again how it's about not forgetting history and not about hate.

[Dapperdan]

Jacksonville council just announced they are inventorying their confederate monument supply for possible relocation to museums and such. That is something at least.

[BridgeTroll]

opinions have been made known here.  after this weekends events wonder if we hear any changes of heart or just silence until this blows over and many can return to the BS arguments re:history

Perhaps we are in need of a great historical sanitization... Federal monies to remove all confederate artifacts, street names, schools, towns and counties from public spaces.  Monuments to slave holders should/could be torn down.  Rename cities like Jackson and Jacksonville... perhaps Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe?  US Army bases... Fort Hood, Fort Benning.  We are in need of a deep cleaning...

[thelakelander]

Just move the older Union Soldier's monument from Evergreen to Hemming and change the name back to what it was originally called.....City Park. That way we really won't forget about our history (really, how Jaxsons really know we had a Union Soldier's monument erected in town 7 years earlier?) and the name would be original.

[BridgeTroll]

Just move the older Union Soldier's monument from Evergreen to Hemming and change the name back to what it was originally called.....City Park. That way we really won't forget about our history (really, how Jaxsons really know we had a Union Soldier's monument erected in town 7 years earlier?) and the name would be original.

Simple and elegant... I like it.  Unfortunately it probably will not go down like that