Jacksonville, Florida
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 Read More …
City work crews advanced on Hemming Park before sunrise. They caught the last Confederate within the park by surprise. The Confederate Monument that has stood since 1898, a sentinel to a heritage of hate and racism has fallen. The monument was donated to the State Read More …
A marker to note the location of the battle resulting in the highest number of casualties in Duval County during the Civil War was recently placed at the location of the “Skirmish at Cedar Creek”. The text reads as : ” On March 1, 1864, Read More …