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Letter: Turn Old Joe around as a monument to all soldiers, a fresh ideal
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Members of the Democratic Socialists of America protest Aug. 19, 2017, in front of the Confederate monument in downtown Gainesville. - photo by David Barnes
For the love of sanity, take down Old Joe, the Confederate Memorial Statue in Gainesville’s square or re-task it as some nameless soldier representing all wars.. Old Joe faces to the North, as if anticipating Yankee invaders as it faces now.