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Metropolitan Park is a 32-acre (130,000 m 2) [2] urban waterfront park and concert venue located on the north bank of the St. Johns River in Downtown Jacksonville, Florida. [3] It is projected to be the eastern terminus of the northbank Jacksonville Riverwalk .
The guillotine used to execute Madeleine Mouton. On April 10, 1948, Madeleine Mouton was executed at 5:17 AM in the inner courtyard of the Sidi Bel Abbès prison. [6] On the previous day, executioner Maurice Meyssonnier and his assistant André Berger met with her, posing as contractors who had come to measure her cell in order to repaint it ...
The city of Jacksonville, Florida operates the largest urban park system in the United States, providing facilities and services at more than 337 locations on more than 80,000 acres (320 km 2) located throughout the city. [1]
Maurice Meyssonnier was a Chief executioner in French Algeria.Meyssonnier family is linked to executioners as far back as the 16th century. Meyssonnier performed, among many others, the last guillotining of a woman (Madeleine Mouton in 1948) in Algeria, which was the second-to-last female guillotining in France and her colonies.
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James Weldon Johnson Park is a 1.54-acre (6,200 m 2) public park in Downtown Jacksonville, Florida. Originally a village green , it was the first and is the oldest park in the city. [ 2 ]
The fountain and Friendship Park was designed by Taylor Hardwick, the Jacksonville architect who also designed the Haydon Burns Library. An area of 14 acres (57,000 m 2 ) of land were donated for the project by the Southside Business Men's Club, an organization dedicated to the improvement of the Southside that was established in 1932.
On August 11, 2020, the Jacksonville City Council voted to change the name of the park to Springfield Park, after the name of the neighborhood it sits in. [2] The Springfield Park Playground, east of the park, was originally a part of Springfield Park, but was used for military training during World Wars I and II. It is now a dog park. [3]