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Confederate statue removed from park overnight; others in Jacksonville also coming down
News4Jax ^ | 6/9/2020 | News4Jax

Posted on 06/09/2020 9:53:59 AM PDT by lodi90

The city of Jacksonville’s inventory for Confederate memorials lists three monuments and eight markers on city property related to the Civil War.

As of Tuesday morning, there was one less, and Mayor Lenny Curry said the others are coming down, too.

Crews were seen overnight using a crane to remove a Confederate monument in Jacksonville’s Hemming Park, the downtown city plaza framed on two sides by City Hall and the Federal Courthouse. The statue and nameplate were hauled off well before daylight, leaving an empty pedestal.

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KEYWORDS: confederacy; lee; lincoln; northam; rhettbutler; scarlettohara; southshallriseagain; statues
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To: gas_dr

I agree on Lenny Curry. His Covid restrictions were more severe than those of the state and I think DeSantis had to have a chat with him about this. Curry is, like all RINOs, trying to prove his bona fides to the left. What he doesn’t realize is that they don’t care, and they’ll still hate him.

So what’s next? The statue of Andrew Jackson. Btw, I think Jackson was horrible. He hated Catholics, Spanish speakers and blacks. He was not only a cruel slaveholder but sent slave catchers after his escaped slaves...and rewarded them if they would beat or torture the slaves before sending them back. He was also responsible for that horrible incident of the black fort.

But be that as it may, he was an historical reality, important to the people of the time, had an impact on history and local history, and its perfectly legitimate to have a statute of him. We’re not worshipping him, just commemorating that moment in our history .

Everything could easily be explained on informational plaques or signs around any of these statues, But that’s not what they want...not knowledge and understanding, but propaganda and hatred.


21 posted on 06/09/2020 10:10:54 AM PDT by livius
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To: Tilted Irish Kilt

When the word ‘slavery’ is no longer in our vocabulary, WE WILL ALL BE SLAVES........................


22 posted on 06/09/2020 10:12:01 AM PDT by Red Badger (Always trust God............but wash your hands......................)
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To: lodi90

Jacksonville. Named after which slave owner?

The name “Jacksonville” is a well known brand, endlessly promoted by the Chamber of Commerce. Worth million of dollars.

Get rid of the name. Slavery you know.


23 posted on 06/09/2020 10:14:11 AM PDT by jeffersondem
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To: lodi90

Move them from that shithole Duval County to Clay County.


24 posted on 06/09/2020 10:15:11 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: lodi90

Republicans so eager to do the Democrats dirty work.

Lenny continues his Godzilla like rampage through Jacksonville with the demolition of the Landing, The Hart Expressway, Liberty Street, etc. Glad I left Jax for good in September.


25 posted on 06/09/2020 10:16:16 AM PDT by yuleeyahoo (The nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master and deserves one. Hamilton)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda
Yet they have no issue with the statue of Hillarys mentor Robert Sheets Byrd because that “D” after his name means “off limits”. These mofos are the absolute definition of hypocrites

the confederates were all Democrats. A reality they overlook

26 posted on 06/09/2020 10:20:15 AM PDT by FatherofFive (Islam is EVIL and needs to be eradicated)
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To: Trump20162020

You’re so foolish

The real prize is the American flag


27 posted on 06/09/2020 10:22:31 AM PDT by wardaddy (I applaud Jim Robinson for his comments on the Southern Monuments decision ...thank you run the tra)
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To: Travis McGee

Ping.


28 posted on 06/09/2020 10:22:52 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: Mouton

Im not entirely sure — but that has been a total fiasco as well. The guy just gives me the creeps. I dont believe he is a conservative. So what are we going to do, rename Jacksonville? I shudder to think of the possible names, and since I dont want to get zotted (Just learned that lingo after 18 years of hanging around here), I will not proffer any examples.


29 posted on 06/09/2020 10:23:44 AM PDT by gas_dr (Trial lawyers AND POLITICIANS are Endangering Every Patient in America: INCLUDING THEIR LIBERTIES)
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To: Dawgreg

The problem is our guy is allegedly a republican


30 posted on 06/09/2020 10:24:19 AM PDT by gas_dr (Trial lawyers AND POLITICIANS are Endangering Every Patient in America: INCLUDING THEIR LIBERTIES)
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To: livius

I anticipate that we will soon change our name — maybe Georgetown? And I am not referencing that cracker George Washington, man couldn’t even tell the truth. Slave owning POS that he was.


31 posted on 06/09/2020 10:26:24 AM PDT by gas_dr (Trial lawyers AND POLITICIANS are Endangering Every Patient in America: INCLUDING THEIR LIBERTIES)
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To: EEGator

Sure, Clay is sooooo much better. LOL. I keep getting red light violations in Green Cove and I swear that the light is green.


32 posted on 06/09/2020 10:27:53 AM PDT by gas_dr (Trial lawyers AND POLITICIANS are Endangering Every Patient in America: INCLUDING THEIR LIBERTIES)
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To: Tilted Irish Kilt

Slavery never happened. It’s a myth created to for political purposes.


33 posted on 06/09/2020 10:32:06 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: gas_dr

Sure, Clay is sooooo much better. LOL. I keep getting red light violations in Green Cove and I swear that the light is green.


LOL. We’re right across the river in St. Johns. Just wait until that new freeway bridge goes across the river in a few years. Little old Green Cove Springs will never be the same again.


34 posted on 06/09/2020 10:33:50 AM PDT by lodi90
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To: Fiddlstix
The Democrats of the 19th century were the conservatives of their time. The Republicans of the 19th century were the wild eyed liberals. Since then the two parties have switched ideologies.

They are coming for Washington and Jefferson next.

35 posted on 06/09/2020 10:34:42 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: lodi90

How soon before these ***** demand the removal and destruction of the CSS Hunley and all other Confederate items on display in museums.

Will the Taliban be invited to blow up Stone Mountain?


36 posted on 06/09/2020 10:35:37 AM PDT by gdzla (Tyrannis Seditio, Obsequium Deo)
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To: ThePatriotsFlag

You can’t pick and choose which parts of history to erase. It is not a la carte You have to erase it all.


37 posted on 06/09/2020 10:36:15 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: lodi90

I actually do some work in Clay county — I drive the friggin Stands Bridge every day — today it was foggy. That bridge is creepy in almost no visibility. I almost took the 295 bridge to avoid that 1.4 miles of white knuckle driving. When (and where) are they building the bridge — I thought it was more toward WGV.

But I gotta tell you the 301 stake bypass is beautiful and the defunding of the Waldo police for corruption with speeding traps has made my trip to G’ville a pleasant drive instead of a 2 hour grind.


38 posted on 06/09/2020 10:36:30 AM PDT by gas_dr (Trial lawyers AND POLITICIANS are Endangering Every Patient in America: INCLUDING THEIR LIBERTIES)
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To: lodi90

Little old Green Cover Springs is the land that time forgot. And its big sister Palatka — wow that is a different sort of place.


39 posted on 06/09/2020 10:37:28 AM PDT by gas_dr (Trial lawyers AND POLITICIANS are Endangering Every Patient in America: INCLUDING THEIR LIBERTIES)
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To: central_va

I’ll give it to the Russians, the Soviet Union is dead, but they still prominently display The Hammer and Sickle during their Victory Parades.

At one time, that would have disturbed me, but now, I recognize the wisdom of not tearing down your history, the good and the bad.


40 posted on 06/09/2020 10:38:44 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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