Springfield Park (formerly Dignam Park until 1914, and then Confederate Park until 2020) is a public park in Jacksonville, Florida, on the southern bounds of the historic neighborhood of Springfield. It is part of a network of parks that parallel Hogan's Creek.
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 playground.[1] From opening until the Civil rights movement the park was open to whites only.
The Springfield Park Playground, east of the park, was originally a part of Springfield Park, but was used for military training during World Wars I and II. It is now a dog park.[3]
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.[5] It is No. 10 on the Make It Right Project's list of Confederate memorials it wants to see removed.[5]
Plaque for Iowa regiment in the Spanish-American War
References
^Urban Parks: Confederate Park, Metro Jacksonville website
^Harris, Corley Peel, Jenese (2020-08-11). "Council OKs renaming Hemming Park after James Weldon Johnson". WJXT. Retrieved 2020-08-13.
^City of Jacksonville 2012-04-27 at the Wayback Machine, Department of Recreation and Community website
^ ab"Florida's Tribute to the Women of the Confederacy, (sculpture)". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved August 18, 2017.
^ abHolloway, Kali (June 3, 2018). "Announcing the Launch of the Make It Right Project". Independent Media Institute. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
External links
Media related to Confederate Park (Jacksonville) at Wikimedia Commons
January 10, 2023
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