Confederate controversy comes to Palmyra park

WRITTEN BY CHRISTINA DIMEO GUSEMAN
07 JULY 2015

A tiny park in Palmyra, home to a memorial honoring the Confederate soldiers who died in the Civil War, is suddenly rather nameless now that its unofficial title, Confederate Park, has been called into question ... Over a year ago new signage went up in many of the county’s spots of interest. At that time, said County Administrator Steve Nichols, staff considered what name to put on the park’s sign. They couldn’t find any records of a formal naming process, Nichols said, but had heard the park colloquially referred to as Confederate Park. When they asked the Fluvanna Historical Society what name to put on the sign, Nichols said, it recommended Confederate Park.
Chairperson Mozell Booker, who put the issue onto the Board’s agenda, began the discussion, which remained polite and respectful throughout, by clarifying that supervisors were not looking to change the park itself. “At no time are we thinking about doing anything to the park,” she said. “We’re not thinking about moving anything… The monument that we have there, the Confederate monument, is a part of our history. It’s Fluvanna’s history, it’s my history, and that’s something that we’re not looking to change” ...

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