Signs of area's lingering Confederate history go beyond Lake Eola statue (FL)
By Jeff Weiner
Orlando Sentinel
... When the marble statue of a Confederate soldier was first raised on Orlando's Main Street — now Magnolia Avenue — in 1911, it was a point of civic pride. Those gathered recited "The Blue and The Grey," a conciliatory post-Civil War poem ...
Confederate Memorial Day is not a big draw anymore at Orlando's Greenwood Cemetery, according to Sexton Don Price. But every year, a small group comes out to mark the occasion — and read the names of the dead ...
At Greenwood, there are mirrored plots for Union and Confederate veterans, as well as an obelisk statue honoring the Union dead. The cemetery has been discussed as a possible new home for "Johnny Reb," should it ever be moved.
"We'd be happy to take it," Price said. "Our job is to memorialize and to remember ... We don't judge" ...
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