Confederate statue to be moved from downtown Gainesville

[Adam White]

Jacksonville also has what is probably the oldest Union monument in Florida, a beautiful 1891 statue in Evergreen Cemetery:

http://www.flpublicarchaeology.org/civilwar/monuments/jacksonville-evergreen-cemetery/evergreen-cemetery/

Wow, I never knew this. Thanks for sharing.

I wasn't aware of that either. That's really cool. Thanks for the info.

[The_Choose_1]

Wonder if there are similar threads in Atlanta trying to figure out what to do with Stone Mountain......can't haul that off to a museum.

They should just blow the face off that sucker. Not because it's racist, but because it's ugly and stupid.

Like ISIS is doing? Why is it ugly & stupid to you? I bet you will not answer me which is fine with me. Crap don't stop here go to Mount Rushmore and remove these faces. Then go to Washington and remove the statue of MLK and lets call it a draw.

Why don't you just ask me out and get it over with? No need to keep stalking me on this forum.

Sorry not gay and replying to a comment isn't stalking. Just because you don't want to talk to me here on metrojacksonville doesn't mean I can't talk to you. Now if you don't want to answer me fine with me. You don't have a lot to offer to this forum anyway but your S.O.

[The_Choose_1]

Hemming Park and what the REAL STORY IS!

1898
To the Soldiers of Florida
The impressive monument in Hemming Park was erected in 1898, and donated to the State of Florida, by Charles C. and Lucy Key Hemming.  Hemming had served with the Jacksonville Light Infantry during the Civil War, and later became a successful businessman in Texas.

The construction contractor for the monument was Mr. George H. Mitchell of Chicago, and the monument itself may have been furnished by the Muldoon Monument Company of Louisville, Kentucky.

Hemming personally selected what was then St. James Park in the center of Jacksonville's downtown for the location of this 62 foot-tall monument; the park was renamed Hemming Park in 1899 to recognize his generosity.

Although the Hemmings did not attend the dedication of the monument on June 16, 1898, many U.S. soldiers camped in town did attend.  These soldiers were drawn from all over the country and were assembled in Jacksonville waiting to embark for the Spanish-American War.  With these soldiers in attendance, the oratory of the day is said to have commented on the reuniting of North and South due to the onset of war with a foreign power.

Only a few years after its dedication in Hemming Park, in May of 1901, a fire began in Jacksonville that would before the end of the day burn 146 city blocks and 2,638 buildings, including most of downtown.  The Confederate monument in Hemming Park was one of the few landmarks of Jacksonville that survived. "IMO Why do you believe this happen, I feel because the South will Rise again. Amen"

(Information courtesy of the Kirby-Smith Chapter of the SCV and the Florida Memory Project of the Florida State Archives)

[The_Choose_1]

but in exchange for his 'generosity' he tastefully renamed the park after himself.  Awesome.

Well Stephen it looks like you have something else to change? Changing History is Stupid even for a guy like you?

[thelakelander]

The Confederate monument in Hemming Park was one of the few landmarks of Jacksonville that survived. "IMO Why do you believe this happen, I feel because the South will Rise again. Amen"

To be honest, the outcome of the Civil War directly led to Jax becoming Florida's premier city during Reconstruction and the Gilded Age.

[Tacachale]

The Southerners won the war. It was just the Southerners who supported and fought for the United States.

[Adam White]

The Southerners won the war. It was just the Southerners who supported and fought for the United States.

That's a very interesting point.