Mayor Lenny Curry held a press conference on the steps of City Hall this morning, hours after city workers removed a Confederate monument from Hemming Park.
“Yesterday there was Confederate monument in this park. It’s gone. And the others in this city will be removed as well”, Curry said.
The mayor’s office is working with the cultural council to determine the best location for everything that’s taken down.The following markers and monuments are the set to be removed by the city. No information has been released as to what order they will be removed or what the timeline will be.
Below is the list as was revived from the Mayor’s office.
Monuments:
- Confederate Monument was removed June 9, 2020
Location: Hemming Plaza – Downtown
Date of Placement: 1898
Placed By: Donation of Charles Hemming to honor Florida Confederate Soldiers. Accepted on behalf of the State of Florida by Governor William Bloxham.
- Monument to the Women of the Southland (Monument to the Women of the Confederacy)
Location: Confederate Park in Springfield
Date of Placement: 1915
Placed By: Florida Division – United Confederate Veterans
- Grandstand – Confederate Memorial Services
Location: Old City Cemetery
Date of Placement: 1926
Placed By: Martha Reid Chapter No. 19, United Daughters of the Confederacy United Confederate Veterans (R.E. Lee Camp No. 58) Sons of the Confederate Veterans (Stonewall Jackson Camp No. 83)
Historic Markers:
- Maple Leaf (Union Transport Ship Sunken by Confederate
Location: Northbank Riverwalk – Foot of Hogan Street with attached National Landmark Plaque
Date of Placement: Information not Available
Placed By: Jacksonville Historical Society
- Maple Leaf (Union Transport Ship Sunken by Confederate Mine)
Location: Walter Jones Historical Park – Mandarin
Date of Placement: Information not Available
Placed By: Mandarin Museum and Historical Society
- Florida Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Home 1893 – 1938
Location: Old City Cemetery
Date of Placement: Information not Available
Placed By: Sons of the Confederate Veterans (Kirby-Smith Camp, No. 1209)
- Line of Entrenchment – Federal Occupation Force
Location: Attached to southwest corner of old Jacksonville Terminal (Prime Osborn Convention Center)
Date of Placement: 1931
Placed By: Jacksonville Historical Society 08.29.17
- Skirmish At Cedar Creek
Location: Lenox Avenue Right-of-Way near Cedar Creek
Date of Placement: Information not Available
Placed By: Sons of the Confederate Veterans (Kirby-Smith Camp, No. 1209)
- 1914 United Confederate Veteran’s Reunion
Location: Confederate Park in Springfield
Date of Placement Information not Available
Placed By: Sons of the Confederate Veterans (Kirby-Smith Camp, No. 1209)
- Camp Milton Historic Preserve – 23 Informational Signs and 58 Tree Signs
Location: 1225 Halsema Road North
Date of Placement: 2006
Placed By: Jacksonville Parks and Recreation Department
- In Memory of Our Beloved Ancestors – Ground Marker
Location: Old City Cemetery
Date of Placement: Information not available
Placed By: Sons of the Confederate Veterans (Kirby-Smith Camp, No. 1209)