Under Ferraro’s proposal, if voters said “yes,”, all monuments including Andrew Jackson on the horse and the sculpture at Memorial Park dedicated to Floridians who died in World War I would be removed from Jacksonville.
Stephanie Bennett, Action News JaxThere’s a new push to let you decide what happens to Confederate monuments in Jacksonville, and perhaps other historical markers.
According to Ferraro, he’s trying to show that removing one monument can be a slippery slope, leading to the removal of any type. “This would include any historical markers, or statues, or monuments or anything like that. The idea is to tell the whole history and all the history,” he said. Ferraro explained how Jacksonville has a rich history, and he wants to use it to bring people together, not “erase” it.“Personally I think by pulling the monuments down you’re just kind of completely erasing history, but I do think it should be left up to the people to decide,” one man who wanted to stay anonymous told Action News Jax.
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