Jefferson Davis Park (Vancouver, Washington)

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Title

Jefferson Davis Park (Vancouver, Washington)

Description

After the Vancouver Jefferson Davis highway marker was removed from public land in 2006, the Pacific Northwest Chapter of the Sons of Confederate Veterans purchased a small plot of land in 2007 to be made into a public park that would permanently house the stone. The stone now sits at the center of the small park, and above it fly three versions of the Confederate flag. The second Jefferson Davis Highway marker stone was later added to the park. The park has met with great pushback over the years, and has been vandalized several times, as protesters assert that the flying of the Confederate flags in so public a place is a blatant display of racism. However, the state maintains that the flags are being flown on private property, and they and the park remain in place.

Creator

Pacific Northwest chapter of the Sons of Confederate Veterans

Source

american,newlayer

Date

2024-04-09

Contributor

uptonae

Language

English

Type

Site

Identifier

101

Date Created

2006-01-01

Date Issued

2024-04-09

Extent

cm x cm x cm

Spatial Coverage

current,45.653530,-122.666476;

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Europeana Data Provider

Jefferson Davis Park

Object

https://scvpacnw.wordpress.com/jefferson-davis-park/

Europeana Type

TEXT

Site Item Type Metadata

Wiki

https://www.cineg.org/wiki/index.php/Jefferson_Davis_Park_

Curator

Pacific Northwest chapter of the Sons of Confederate Veterans

Monument Type

Public facilities

Erected by

Pacific Northwest chapter of the Sons of Confederate Veterans

Funded by

Pacific Northwest chapter of the Sons of Confederate Veterans

Run by

City of Vancouver

Organisation

Pacific Northwest chapter of the Sons of Confederate Veterans

Cost

$15000

State

Washington

Affiliation

Confederate

City

Vancouver