Moving Old Joe, a complicated task, has been a goal around Gainesville for 100 years. Who was this woman, who cared so much for Old Joe and the Daughters? I lived in Hall County for many years in Lula and Oakwood. A Gainesville Times acticle gives some more history. Coincidence? Police arrived at some point during the protest. From all the evidence I have seen they are all cut from the same jib. UNDER MR CLARKE`S DIRECTION I wrote a response to the Gainesville Times about the groups involved with the desire to take down the monument and some of the detractors. The statue, designed by John Segesman, depicts a soldier of the Confederate States Army, the Southern army during the American Civil War of 1861–1865. to hold the Confederate Monument on the public square of Gainesville under a 99-year lease, dating from date of erection of the Monument,” Helen Longstreet wrote in a 1953 letter to the Gainesville News. Buildings and trees around the public square did not survive. DAVID CLARKE`S PIGGOREET STATION The truth is they have no real answer. If Monument Australia is useful to you, please make a donation to keep this historical and educational resource available. (All items have metadata.
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The soldier wears a sword scabbard on his proper left hip (no sword is apparent), and a pouch on his back side that is attached by a shoulder strap over his proper right shoulder. East Point Police looking for persons of interest in shooting death of 11-year-old, Leader in business, holiday hiring, halftime performance: News in Numbers, ETA moving parallel to the Carolina coast, Vote for Atlanta Track Club's most outstanding boys and girls cross country athletes, Tiger Woods off to good start in The Masters, Petition to make LeVar Burton next Jeopardy! Hall still owns the land and the Daughters the statue. Also notice the group is calling themselves the Democratic Socialists of America. The group’s lease was renewed in 2008 in the run-up to Old Joe’s centennial celebration and lasts until 2033. Except for the occasional taunt or jeer, the June 17 event was mostly peaceful on both sides, and the counter protesters left early. I am reminded of a group in Durham, N.C. that was known as the World Workers party. Select "Records" to search only metadata for items. From ABC11.com “It’s a communist party that was founded in 1959 by a group led by Sam Marcy of the Socialist Workers Party.” I first heard of the socialists party when a mayoral candidate from Atlanta ran as a third party for this group.
It is inscribed with the words: “Our Confederate Soldiers. ” this is from an Access North Georgia News website. Source Cite as: Old Joe: Hall County, Georgia historical photograph collection, Hall County Library System. Van Hoose, Mrs. S.C. Dunlap, Mrs. Dave Welchel, Mrs. W.C. Ham, Helen Estes and Nell Murphy.Sanders was a 25-year president of the Longstreet Chapter and is credited with securing the land for Old Joe. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. The National Guard and soldiers erected tents on the square and aided Gainesville citizens with the injured and with clean-up operations. “I want a commitment from the Hall County commissioners to remove this statue and replace it with something that fosters a united community where all are welcome,” Christine Osasu told the crowd. Once demands are made and politicians cave then its anyone game. http://accesswdun.com/article/2017/8/572050/protest-planned-saturday-at-downtown-gainesvilles-old-joe-monument, http://abc11.com/politics/who-are-the-workers-world-party-and-why-durham/2314577/, https://www.gainesvilletimes.com/news/old-joes-history-complicated-current-debate/. Old Joe — Confederate Monument.
She said the statue — a Spanish-American War soldier modified and placed as a Confederate monument in 1909 — “honors a people, a society and a government that enslaved our black brothers and sisters and kept them as forced laborers, tortured them, raped them.”, Osasu urged the crowd “to not wait until the lease expires. “As long as my heart continues to beat, I will defend the legal and moral right of the Longstreet Chapter U.D.C. No matter how ridiculous and how outrageous the idiocy will never stop. The Confederate monument, also known as Old Joe, was a historic statue in Gainesville, Florida, in the United States. Here is some information above on Old Joe but lets dive in to this controversy. JOE MAHONEY ... 2015. GAINESVILLE, Ga. — Does Gainesville's Johnny Reb have Yankee roots? WAS BURIED HERE ABOUT 1860
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