Emancipation Park (Charlottesville, Virginia)
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The Robert E. Lee statue in front of the First United Methodist Church in 2008
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| Location | Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S. |
| Coordinates | 38°01′54″N 78°28′50″W / 38.0318°N 78.4806°WCoordinates: 38°01′54″N 78°28′50″W / 38.0318°N 78.4806°W |
Emancipation Park, formerly known as Lee Park, is a public park in Charlottesville, Virginia.
In 1917, Paul Goodloe McIntire donated to the city of Charlottesville Lee Park, located on the city block between Market Street, 1st Street North, Jefferson Street and 2nd Street North, with a bronze equestrian statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee and his horse Traveller.
On June 5, 2017, the City Council, led by Mayor Michael Signer, voted unanimously to change the park's name to Emancipation Park.
The renaming of the park and the proposed removal of the Robert Edward Lee Sculpture on the site by the Charlottesville city council was the catalyst for the 2017 Unite the Right rally and a focus of controversy between those who want it removed and those who want it to remain.
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