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Backlash against sculpture fueled by misinformation and racism

Posted onJuly 26, 2021July 29, 2021AuthorDave Burkey

It is okay to not like the sculpture. Parisians originally hated the Eiffel Tower. New Yorkers hated the Empire State Building, Auguste Rodin’s Monument to Balzac as well as art by Picasso, Monet, Van Gogh, and Duchamp were all considered to be worthless at one Read More …

Jax historical facts

Posted onMay 26, 2021June 25, 2021AuthorJax Examiner

Jacksonville was named for General Andrew Jackson, the first military governor of Florida who, incidentally, never visited Jacksonville. Duval Street, like the county, was named for William Pope Duval, the first Territorial Governor of Florida. Isiah Hart, who founded Jacksonville, named two of the city’s Read More …