ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. – A Confederate memorial that was recently moved from downtown St. Augustine to the Trout Creek Fish Camp has been the target of vandalism. A contractor told News4Jax there are no cameras at the fish camp. There’s a lot of history in St. Augustine, and it comes from all over. Let’s preserve it and appreciate it, and let’s not destroy it.”Someone tried to set Confederate memorial on fire that was recently moved from St. Augustine to Trout Creek Fish Camp. Controversial decisionIn June, the St. Augustine City Commission voted 3-2 in favor of moving the Confederate monument that was built in 1872 in downtown St. Augustine.

ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. – A St. Augustine memorial that honors 46 Confederate soldiers has finally been erected at its new home at the Trout Creek Fish Camp in western St. Johns County. It will now sit in front of a pavilion on the fish camp grounds. The contractor hired by the city told News4Jax another layer of concrete will be poured around the memorial Thursday to complete the project. Controversial decisionIn June, the St. Augustine City Commission voted 3-2 in favor of moving the Confederate monument that was built in 1872 in downtown St. Augustine. A statue of Confederate Gen. William Loring that was located feet away was also removed last month.

Confederate memorial to be moved on barge to Trout Creek Fish CampPublished: September 9, 2020, 6:48 pmCould take 12-14 hours to float St. Augustine monument to new home, contractor says.

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. The next steps are being taken to remove a war memorial that honors Confederate soldiers in downtown St. Augustine. Though its Labor Day, that didnt stop work from happening on the Confederate memorial. The St. Augustine City Commission voted 3-2 in favor of moving the Confederate memorial from the Plaza de la Constitucion. Others in St. Augustine want to see the memorial removed. The University of Florida, which owns the property where the Loring monument stood, relocated the statue to private property.

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. – Commissioners in St. Augustine on Monday night voted in favor of relocating a Confederate monument in the Plaza de la Constitucion in Downtown St. Augustine. City Manager John Regan had reviewed proposals to relocate the monument and recommended the site at the fish camp, which was offered by the property’s owner, Randy Ringhaver. Other St. Augustine residents who spoke publicly commended the commission on its decision to move the monument. A request to move the monument to the National Cemetery adjacent to the National Guard Headquarters was denied by the Department of Veteran’s Affairs. In 2018, a committee came up with a compromise and added plaques at the foot of the monument to put the memorial in the context of slavery.