FLORIDA BICYCLE ASSOCIATION DONATES TWO BICYCLE RACKS FOR MEMORIAL PARK INSTALLATION: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 9:00 A.M. Jacksonville, Fla. February 29, 2016 On Wednesday, March 2nd, at 9 A.M., the City of Jacksonville will install 2 bicycle racks in Memorial Park. The Florida Bicycle Association (via a 2015 donation to the FBA from Jacksonville triathlete coach, Jen Vogel of Velocity Multi Sport) donated the bicycle racks to the Memorial Park […]
SPECIAL SCREENING OF FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED: DESIGNING AMERICA Jacksonville, Fla. December 20, 2016 On Tuesday, January 10, at 7 P.M., the Memorial Park Association will present a special screening of the documentary, Frederick Law Olmsted: Designing America, at Sun-Ray Cinema. It will be followed by a Q & A with Olmsted authority, Laurence Cotton. The screening is free, but seating is limited, so reservations are required. *** […]
Please join the Memorial Park Association to honor all who serve, including the 1,220 Floridians who died in WWI and for which the park was built in their honor. The Backdoor Stompers and the Riverside Presbyterian Church Choir will be performing. The poppy has become a symbol to mark our respect for those who died […]
Come help light up Memorial Park as part of Riverside Avondale Preservation (RAP) annual luminaria! Please email info@memparkjax.org if you are interested in helping and we will send you additional details. Thank you!
Historian and Author Wayne W. Wood will sign copies of his latest masterpiece, “LIFE: The Untold Story of Charles Adrian Pillars,” at Memorial Park, Saturday, Dec. 5, 10:30 a.m. to noon. The book, published by the Jacksonville Historical Society, sells for $49.95 plus tax; credit cards only, please. The intriguing story behind the relatively unknown […]