A proposal to remove the confederate women tribute was introduced to the Jacksonville City Council in 2021, but the Republican-controlled board never moved on it.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Crews removed a confederate monument from a Jacksonville, Florida, park Wednesday morning following years of public controversy.
Mayor Donna Deegan ordered the removal of the “Tribute to the Women of the Southern Confederacy” monument, which has been in Springfield Park since 1915. She said the decision is not an attempt to erase history but to show that people have learned from it.
“Symbols matter. They tell the world what we stand for and what we aspire to be,” Deegan said in a
