Emancipation Park (Charlottesville, Virginia)
Emancipation Park, formerly known as Lee Park, is a public park in Charlottesville, Virginia.[1][2]
It was created in 1917 by the philanthropist Paul Goodloe McIntire to be the setting for a bronze equestrian statue of Robert E. Lee and his horse Traveller. The park and statue were donated to the city of Charlottesville by McIntire.
The renaming of the park and the proposed removal of the Robert Edward Lee Sculpture on the site by the Charlottesville city council was the stated catalyst for the 2017 Unite the Right Rally and a focus of controversy between those who wanted it removed and those who wanted it to remain, though the actual protests represented much deeper conflicts between mainstream and right-wing politics.[3]
Description
Emancipation Park is bordered on the north by Jefferson Street, on the south by Market Street, on the west by First Street N.E., and on the east by Second Street N.E..[1]
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