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Revision as of 09:53, 14 March 2007

Lee Square
Statue of Jefferson Davis at Lee Square
Statue of Jefferson Davis at Lee Square
Type historic site
Size 1.6 acres
Operated by City of Pensacola
Opened June 17, 1891
Location Palafox Street, between Jackson and Gadsden Streets
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Lee Square is a memorial park in downtown Pensacola. It is located between the north- and south-bound lanes of Palafox Street, between Jackson and Gadsden Streets. Formerly known as Florida Park, the North Hill location was the site of a Union fort during the Civil War. It was renamed Lee Square, after Confederate General Robert E. Lee, in 1891. A statue at the center of the park is dedicated to Confederate President Jefferson Davis (whose likeness tops the statue), Secretary of the Navy Stephen Russell Mallory, Florida Governor Edward Aylesworth Perry, and "our Confederate dead."