Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing Park set to open in LaVilla after 11 years of work

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Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing Park honors the lives of James Weldon Johnson and his brother John Rosamond as well as the once-bustling LaVilla neighborhood.

The park was built where the brothers grew up and wrote their world-famous hymn.Those who helped put the opening event together said this much more than a park.

The park was originally dedicated by the City of Jacksonville in collaboration with the Durkeeville Historical Society in 2013. “There are so many incredibly nationally significant people that came out of Jacksonville and we don’t really have a place to remember that. So I hope that the park is just the beginning,” said Mari Kuraishi, Jessie Paul DuPont Fund President.

The ceremony on Thursday will include the unveiling of “Calling It Done,” an original sculpture of the Johnson brothers by award-winning, Florida-based “contemporary realist” Brian R. Owens.

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