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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: lodi90

What Civil War????


41 posted on 06/09/2020 10:39:02 AM PDT by Sir Bangaz Cracka (Slamming dat white cracka'a head into dat sidewalk causin he be scared)
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To: wardaddy
You’re so foolish The real prize is the American flag

There will be a new American flag within the next 50 years, guaranteed.

42 posted on 06/09/2020 10:41:50 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: central_va

I know all of that very well. I take it you did not notice my sarcasm tag


43 posted on 06/09/2020 10:41:57 AM PDT by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: lodi90

We used to laugh at the air-brushed photos out of Soviet Russia when Stalin decided to make an un-person.

Now we are making similar holes in our own history because the mob wants it. I do heap a lot of blame on the K-12 Schools and teachers for pushing ideology rather than balanced facts.

Just waiting for Stone Mountain and Mount Rushmore to be politically renovated. There will be resistance, count on it!


44 posted on 06/09/2020 10:42:50 AM PDT by SES1066 (Happiness is a depressed Washington, DC housing market!)
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To: Tilted Irish Kilt

>>>Removal of the statue is just another way to re-write history.
When you forget the past,.. and you will repeat it. Ignoring history is the easiest way to forget how far you have come.

Is that why there aren’t statues to Sherman and Grant across the South? Was their omission an effort to rewrite history?


45 posted on 06/09/2020 10:47:09 AM PDT by oincobx ( Posting)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

Well the Confederates were Democrats. I’m sure old “Sheets’’ will come down at some point.


46 posted on 06/09/2020 10:51:21 AM PDT by jmacusa (If we're all equal how is diversity our strength?U)
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To: dfwgator

“There will be a new American flag within the next 50 years, guaranteed.“

When DC and Puerto Rico are granted statehood.


47 posted on 06/09/2020 10:57:59 AM PDT by Meatspace
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To: Meatspace

And it won’t be “DC” anymore, since that is taken from “Columbia” after Christopher Columbus.


48 posted on 06/09/2020 10:59:10 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: gas_dr

Green Cove is a speed trap.
There are many other places in Clay County.
Flemming Island, Orange Park, Middleburg...


49 posted on 06/09/2020 11:00:06 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: dfwgator

Change “District of Columbia” to “Domain of Criminals” or “Den of Corruption.” You then can keep the DC acronym.


50 posted on 06/09/2020 11:00:27 AM PDT by dufekin (Vote Trump; save lives)
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To: lodi90

Somebody needs to set up a GoFundMe page to build and erect five Confederate statues for every one they take down.


51 posted on 06/09/2020 11:01:04 AM PDT by bort
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To: lodi90

Once the DemonRATs remove the memorials of the shame of their forced enslavement of Blacks then they can openly embark on the enslavement of all through over spending.


52 posted on 06/09/2020 11:01:52 AM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: wardaddy

No. The Confederate stuff is the low-hanging fruit. Up next is Christopher Columbus, then Texas Revolution figures, slave-owning Founding Fathers. All torn down and replaced by MLK and Harvey Milk.

The statues/monuments are part of the Left’s culture war crusade.


53 posted on 06/09/2020 11:04:03 AM PDT by Trump20162020
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To: lodi90

In a related area, changing the names of many Army installations across the South is in the news today. The out of control Pentagon again is charting their own path of destruction and mayhem. The President can stop this in its tracks so I have emailed him that this is my personal line in the sand. If the names change without his objections and stopping it, I will stay home in November. When there is no difference in the policies of the two parties, there is no reason to vote.


54 posted on 06/09/2020 11:07:26 AM PDT by Midwesterner53
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To: bort

Always loved White Settlement in Texas. Nearby is Angelo’s Barbeque, White Settlement Road, Fort Worth.


55 posted on 06/09/2020 11:08:43 AM PDT by Mouton (The media is the enemy of the people.)
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To: oincobx

Oh, Thank goodness the poets shirt is here.


56 posted on 06/09/2020 11:09:47 AM PDT by Hugh the Scot
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To: Trump20162020

Don’t forget renaming America.


57 posted on 06/09/2020 11:10:55 AM PDT by Mouton (The media is the enemy of the people.)
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To: lodi90

Go ahead and put up statues of George Floyd kids


58 posted on 06/09/2020 11:34:42 AM PDT by Truthoverpower (The guv-mint you get is the Trump winning express ! Yea haw ! Trump pence II!)
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To: lodi90

Remember when the Taliban blew up all those Buddhist statues? Universal outrage. They were part of history and heritage, not really idols to be worshiped.

I’ve said this before, you may love or hate the statues but this is very short sighted thinking. We have the technology to turn every single monument into an interactive learning experience. Walk up to a statue, monument, tree, park - anywhere - scan a QR code and see a list of commentaries.

Use the Lincoln Memorial as an example. There is so much to learn about the man, his presidency, the civil war, the design and construction of the monument, you name it. Anyone who wanted to could cut together a podcast or video offering different perspectives and any visitors could choose the perspective and of course rate the content. Instead of destroying these things, turn them into educational opportunities and inspire people.


59 posted on 06/09/2020 11:36:54 AM PDT by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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To: bort

>>>Somebody needs to set up a GoFundMe page to build and erect five Confederate statues for every one they take down.

Since statues are necessary for the teaching of history, how about we erect some Sherman, Grant and Lincoln statues in city squares across the South?


60 posted on 06/09/2020 11:43:55 AM PDT by oincobx ( Posting)
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