Market Street Park
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Market Street Park, known as Lee Park until 2017, and as Emancipation Park from June 2017 to July 2018, is a public park in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States. Market Street Park is bordered on the north by Jefferson Street, on the south by Market Street, on the west by First Street N.E., and the east by Second Street N.E.
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History
- 1917The land for the park was purchased in 1917 by Paul Goodloe McIntire to be the setting for a bronze equestrian statue of Robert E. Lee and his horse Traveller that McIntire had commissioned.
- 2018In July 2018, the park was renamed Market Street Park by the Charlottesville City Council, following a petition that was submitted by community members who found the name Emancipation Park offensive due to its juxtaposition with the Lee statue.
- 2021The statue was removed on July 10, 2021, and was finally destroyed by melting in 2023.
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