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Q: Jacksonville Today reader Jonathon A. wants to know what is happening with the money set aside by the City Council for Confederate monument removal.
Take ‘Em Down Jax held a party Friday to celebrate the removal of Confederate monuments and the change of school names connected to the Civil War around Jacksonville.
Senate President Kathleen Passidomo on Wednesday raised questions about the fate of a proposal to protect historic monuments and memorials after several lawmakers voiced outrage over comments Tuesday by supporters of the bill.
A little more than a month after Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan removed a Confederate monument from a Springfield park, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said he’s strongly opposed to taking down any historical monuments.
Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan is calling out the Republican-led city council, calling outrage surrounding the removal of the Confederate monument in Springfield Park a “manufactured controversy.”
Jacksonville City Council members want answers from the city's top attorney after Mayor Donna Deegan’s decision to remove a Confederate monument from Springfield Park, using private funds.
The removal of a Confederate monument in Jacksonville is still raising questions a day after the surprise move.
Wednesday closed the chapter on a years-long battle to remove a Confederate monument from Jacksonville’s Springfield Park -- an action that was met with much praise and scrutiny with critics saying the monument was a symbol of oppression and supporters saying it was an important piece of history.
Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan said it was no secret the Confederate monument in Springfield Park was going to come down. She said on Wednesday she decided the days between Christmas and New Year’s Day was the time to make it happen and follow through on one of her campaign promises.
The surprise move Wednesday morning drove some to celebrate and drove others to anger or heartache.
In 1915, the Florida Legislature paid for half of the $25,000 it cost to build the statue that sat in Springfield Park until Wednesday.
Jacksonville Councilman Nick Howland was critical of the city’s decision on Wednesday to remove a Confederate monument from a park in Springfield.
Before first light on Wednesday, construction crews began the process of removing a Confederate statue in Springfield Park that has long been the subject of debate in Jacksonville.
News4JAX has learned the city is keeping good on a promise and returning a confederate statue to the family that donated it to Jacksonville.
A local activist group will gather at City Hall on Tuesday at 4 p.m. to rally against the new legislation that would punish lawmakers who vote to take down historical monuments.
State Representative Dean Black has filed legislation that would punish lawmakers who vote to successfully take down Confederate monuments. If it is passed next year by the Florida legislature, it would have a big impact on what’s happening in Jacksonville with Confederate monuments.
The organization Take Em Down Jax has continuously advocated for the removal of Confederate monuments in Jacksonville for years.
The last remaining piece of a 125-year-old Confederate monument in the heart of downtown Jacksonville was removed over the weekend from James Weldon Johnson Park across the street from Jacksonville’s City Hall, as first reported by the Florida Times-Union.
Outside of JEA and affordable housing, one issue during this election season that has come up a lot has been Confederate monuments and the lack of action by the city to remove them.
In a recent debate between the two candidate for mayor, Donna Deegan and Daniel Davis, the two addressed their stance on using taxpayer money to remove confederate monuments in the city.
Contention among parties defending or protesting the removal of the Confederate monuments around Jacksonville has been an ongoing issue since the topic was first introduced in 2020.
Governor Ron DeSantis says he’s concerned about the media manufacturing division all the time.
Now that the Jacksonville city council unanimously decided not to take down the controversial confederate monuments immediately, what is next?
The Jacksonville City Council on Tuesday voted against a resolution that asked Mayor Lenny Curry and the city to propose a plan that would budget $500,000 to remove remaining Confederate monuments.
The shooting deaths of ten people in Buffalo is hitting many people hard in Jacksonville, and Monday a local group is demanding action against all racist actions.
A proposal that would let Jacksonville voters have the final say on whether to take down historical monuments, including one in particular that’s tied to the Confederacy, was introduced to the City Council during its Tuesday evening meeting.
For the first time, city leaders will hear a proposal that would let Jacksonville voters have the final say on whether to take down historical monuments, including one connected to the Confederacy.
Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry on Monday issued a statement to News4JAX after a new measure was proposed last week to speed up the process of removing confederate monuments in the city.
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St. Augustine, FLA On Sunday, the 38 direct descendants of fallen soldiers filed a lawsuit to stop the City of St. Augustine from moving the monument of fallen Confederate soldiers located in the Plaza de la Constitution. The descendants, the Veterans Council of St. Johns County and the Military Officers Association of America, Ancient City Chapters all claim the citys mayor persuaded the St. Augustine City Commission to vote in favor of removing the oldest Civil War monument in Florida. The lawsuit filed says, This monument was a communal effort, public art, and social history. It was declared a National Historical Landmark in 1970. The lawsuit is seeking a temporary injunction prohibiting the relocation of the monument without being studied by the Historical Architectural Review Board
