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Springfield Park (Jacksonville)

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In May 2018, the monument was cited among those targeted by the March for Change, a three-day, 40-mile (64-km) protest against Confederate monuments located in Jacksonville and St. Augustine. It is No. 10 on the Make It Right Project's list of Confederate memorials it wants to see removed. On
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Springfield Park was opened in 1907 as Dignam Park, named for a former chairman of the city's Board of Public Works. It was the first Jacksonville city park to include a
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The Springfield Park Playground, east of the park, was originally a part of Springfield Park, but was used for
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served as the work's contractor. Its condition was deemed "treatment needed" by the
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voted to change the name of the park to Springfield Park, after the name of the
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Confederate States of America monuments and memorials in Florida
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soldiers. The UCV chose the park as the location for a new
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In 1914, Jacksonville hosted the annual reunion of the
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Plaque for Iowa regiment in the Spanish-American War
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Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Jacksonville Branch
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Confederate Park (Jacksonville)

Jacksonville
Florida
Coordinates
30°20′02″N 81°39′16″W / 30.33389°N 81.65444°W / 30.33389; -81.65444
Jacksonville, Florida
Springfield
playground
Civil rights movement
United Confederate Veterans
Confederate
monument to honor the Women of the Southland
Florida's Tribute to the Women of the Confederacy
Jacksonville City Council
neighborhood
military training
World Wars I
II
dog park
Florida's Tribute to the Women of the Confederacy
Allen George Newman
Jno. Williams, Inc.
McNeel Marble Works
Smithsonian Institution
Save Outdoor Sculpture!
United Confederate Veterans
The 1914 reunion of the United Confederate Veterans in Jacksonville.
United Confederate Veterans
Postcard showing Confederate Park in 1918.

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