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April 2021
May 2021
The Pink Castle Tour, Lecture, Concert & Book Signing
This unique event provides an opportunity to personally experience one of St. Augustine’s architectural treasures. In a city filled with conspicuous landmark buildings, the “Pink Castle” is one of the most distinctive and eccentric. It was built in 1922, designed by sculptor Charles Adrian Pillars as his own home and studio. Pillars was acknowledged as Florida’s greatest sculptor and is most renowned for his spectacular bronze winged youth rising above a globe in Jacksonville’s Memorial Park. That sculpture is entitled…
Find out more »Riverside Avondale Preservation Garden Tour: Memorial Park on Tour
Purchase your tickets at Riverside Avondale Preservation, 2623 Herschel Street, on the day of the tour.
Find out more »Memorial Park Baluster Sale
SAVE THE DATE: May 15 from 9 a.m. to noon Pieces of Memorial Park’s 600-foot-long balustrade salvaged after Hurricane Irma are still available. We are hosting a FINAL showing of available pieces -- large, small and in-between (location to be disclosed closer to the date). Email info@memparkjax.org with any questions. 100% of the proceeds will benefit Memorial Park Association and will be used for park maintenance.
Find out more »November 2021
Memorial Park Scrolls of the Florida Fallen Exhibit
Join Memorial Park Association and the Museum of Science and History as they present an exhibit of the scrolls bearing the names of over 1,200 Florida men and women who served during World War I and subsequently died a service-related death. The Florida Fallen were commemorated when Memorial Park was dedicated Christmas Day, 1924, and their names were interred at the base of the fountain. After Hurricane Irma ripped through Jacksonville in September 2017, Memorial Park Association became concerned that…
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