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Florida Times-Union, Emily Bloch
Published: 6:55 PM EDT June 10, 2020
Updated: 6:55 PM EDT June 10, 2020
JACKSONVILLE, Fla When Mayor Lenny Curry announced the removal of the bronze Confederate soldier that stood atop a 62-foot pedestal in Jacksonvilles Hemming Park for 122 years, crowds cheered. Then they asked what else?
The confederate monument is gone, Curry announced on the steps of City Hall. And the others in this city will be removed as well. We hear your voices. We have heard your voices ...
https://www.firstcoastnews.com/article/news/local/list-here-are-the-11-jacksonville-civil-war-monuments-markers-coming-down/77-c88c434e-43aa-4382-a840-be86167981f7
TreadSoftly
(219 posts)I suppose the convention participants will have to bring their own statuary.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)They should do convention on a cruise ship.
misanthrope
(7,411 posts)Maybe can be crushed under a cotton bale.