JACKSONVILLE, Fla — When Mayor Lenny Curry announced the removal of the bronze Confederate soldier that stood atop a 62-foot pedestal in Jacksonville’s 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.”
One day later, Curry’s office has provided an eleven-item list of what’s coming down. It includes two additional monuments and eight historic markers.
Details are sparse regarding the timeline or where items removed will go, but spokeswoman Nikki Kimbleton said removal will happen “over the next few weeks.”
She added that the mayor’s office is working with the cultural council to determine the best location for everything that’s taken down.
The Times-Union asked the mayor’s office for clarification on how items on the list — which is titled “Civil War Related Monuments and Markets on City Property” — were selected but has not received a response as of publication time.
Below is an unedited copy of the list provided by Curry’s office:
CIVIL WAR RELATED MONUMENTS AND MARKERS ON CITY PROPERTY
Monuments:
1. Confederate Monument (Editor’s Note: this was removed Tuesday, June 9.)
• Location: Hemming Plaza - Downtown
• Date of Placement: 1898
• Placed By: Donation of Charles Hemming to honor Florida Confederate Soldiers. Accepted on behalf of the State of Florida by Governor William Bloxham.
2. Monument to the Women of the Southland (Monument to the Women of the Confederacy)
• Location: Confederate Park in Springfield
• Date of Placement: 1915
• Placed By: Florida Division – United Confederate Veterans
3. Grandstand – Confederate Memorial Services
• Location: Old City Cemetery
• Date of Placement: 1926
• Placed By: Martha Reid Chapter No. 19, United Daughters of the Confederacy United Confederate Veterans (R.E. Lee Camp No. 58) Sons of the Confederate Veterans (Stonewall Jackson Camp No. 83)
Historic Markers:
1. Maple Leaf (Union Transport Ship Sunken by Confederate Mine)
• Location: Northbank Riverwalk – Foot of Hogan Street with attached National Landmark Plaque
• Date of Placement: Information not Available
• Placed By: Jacksonville Historical Society
2. Maple Leaf (Union Transport Ship Sunken by Confederate Mine)
• Location: Walter Jones Historical Park - Mandarin
• Date of Placement: Information not Available
• Placed By: Mandarin Museum and Historical Society
• Location: Old City Cemetery
• Date of Placement: Information not Available
• Placed By: Sons of the Confederate Veterans (Kirby-Smith Camp, No. 1209)
4. Line of Entrenchment – Federal Occupation Force
• Location: Attached to southwest corner of old Jacksonville Terminal (Prime Osborn Convention Center)
• Date of Placement: 1931
• Placed By: Jacksonville Historical Society 08.29.17
5. Skirmish At Cedar Creek
• Location: Lenox Avenue Right-of-Way near Cedar Creek
• Date of Placement: Information not Available
• Placed By: Sons of the Confederate Veterans (Kirby-Smith Camp, No. 1209)
6. 1914 United Confederate Veteran’s Reunion
• Location: Confederate Park in Springfield
• Date of Placement Information not Available
• Placed By: Sons of the Confederate Veterans (Kirby-Smith Camp, No. 1209)
7. Camp Milton Historic Preserve - 23 Informational Signs and 58 Tree Signs
• Location: 1225 Halsema Road North
• Date of Placement: 2006
• Placed By: Jacksonville Parks and Recreation Department
8. In Memory of Our Beloved Ancestors – Ground Marker
• Location: Old City Cemetery
• Date of Placement: Information not available
• Placed By: Sons of the Confederate Veterans (Kirby-Smith Camp, No. 1209)