Veterans Day Events at Memorial Park

Veterans Day events scheduled to be held at Memorial Park In collaboration with the City of Jacksonville, Memorial Park Association is hosting a Historic Walking Tour of Memorial Park on Monday, November 11, 2019. The walk will begin at 10AM.  Then at 11:11am, Doug...

Memorial Park balustrade repairs planned for 2020

  For Immediate Release Contact: Michele Luthin Memorial Park Association mluthin@MemParkJax.org (917) 509-0054 Memorial Park balustrade repairs planned for 2020 City of Jacksonville waiting for FEMA funds   Jacksonville, FL, November 5, 2019 – Hurricane Irma’s...

The 1924 Parchment Scroll unearthed at Memorial Park, (Jacksonville, FL), surprises preservation and paper conservation experts by unveiling yet another, smaller Parchment Scroll with more names in calligraphy

October 4, 2018 Press Contact Michele Luthin 1 (917) 509-0054 mluthin@memparkjax.org   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The 1924 Parchment Scroll unearthed at Memorial Park, (Jacksonville, FL), surprises preservation and paper conservation experts by unveiling yet another,...

VIDEO: 1,220 Names 1,220 Stories

On December 25, 1924, a scroll containing the names of 1,220 Florida soldiers who died in World War I was buried in a time capsule in front of the Spiritualized Life sculpture in Memorial Park in Jacksonville, Florida. On September 27, 2018, work began on the...