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'''Lee Square''' is a [[Civil War]] memorial park in [[downtown Pensacola]]. It is located between the north- and south-bound lanes of [[Palafox Street]], between [[Jackson Street|Jackson]] and [[Gadsden Street]]s. Situated atop [[Gage Hill]] on the former site of [[Fort George]] and [[Fort McClellan]], it was known as '''Florida Square''' until renamed for [[Confederate]] General [[Wikipedia:Robert E. Lee|Robert E. Lee]] in [[1887]]. In [[1891]], after years of fundraising and planning, a 30-foot monument to "our Confederate dead" was erected in the park, featuring a large granite sculpture of a Confederate soldier, modeled after a painting by John Adams Elder. The monument is dedicated to [[Wikipedia:Jefferson Davis|Jefferson Davis]], [[Stephen R. Mallory]], [[Edward Aylesworth Perry]], and "the Uncrowned Heroes of the Southern Confederacy."It was later removed in 2020.
Stewardship of the park was turned over to the [[United Daughters of the Confederacy]] in [[1903]] and was for many decades home to an annual Confederate Memorial Day (or "[[Decoration Day]]") observance on [[April 26]]. Over the years the park has been reduced in size to accommodate the increased traffic on [[Palafox Street]], and events memorializing the Confederacy have become intermittent. The park is now maintained by the [[City of Pensacola]]'s [[Parks & Recreation Department]].
