Linn Park, Birmingham, Alabama

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| type = Urban park

| location = Birmingham, Alabama

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| coordinates = {{coord|33.5207|N|86.8098|W|region:US-AL_type:landmark|display=title, inline}}

| area = 7 acres

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File:Linn Park, Birmingham, AL.jpg

Linn Park is a {{convert|7|acre|spell=in|adj=on}} urban park in the centre of Birmingham, Alabama.{{Cite web|title=Parks|url=https://www.birminghamal.gov/parks-and-recreation/parks/|access-date=2020-06-02|website=The Official Website for the City of Birmingham, Alabama|language=en}} It is overlooked by Birmingham City Hall on the west side and Jefferson County Courthouse on the east side. Formerly known as Capitol Park, Woodrow Wilson Park, and Central Park,{{Cite web|date=2020-06-01|title=The history behind Birmingham monuments damaged in protest|url=https://www.al.com/news/2020/06/the-history-of-birmingham-monuments-damaged-during-george-floyd-protest.html|access-date=2020-06-02|website=al.com|language=en|first=Jeremy|last=Gray}}{{Cite book|first=Keith |last=Todd|title=Insiders' guide to Birmingham|date=2011|publisher=Insiders' Guide|isbn=978-0-7627-6935-3|edition=1st|location=Guilford, Conn.|oclc=841511825|page=117}} the park was renamed after Confederate naval officer and businessman Charles Linn in the 1980s.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=June 1, 2020|title=Crews remove Confederate monument in Birmingham's Linn Park, location not disclosed|url=https://www.wbrc.com/2020/06/01/crews-working-remove-confederate-monument-linn-park/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-06-03|website=www.wbrc.com|language=en-US}}

Confederate monuments

From 1905 until 2020, the park was home to the Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument, a {{convert|52|ft|adj=on}}-high obelisk erected by the Daughters of the Confederacy,{{Cite news|last=Mock|first=Brentin|date=January 16, 2019|title=Alabama Can't Make Birmingham Display Confederate Monument|url=https://www.citylab.com/equity/2019/01/alabama-birmingham-confederate-monument-judge/580612/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-06-03|newspaper=Bloomberg|language=en}}{{Cite news|last=Burch|first=Audra D. S.|date=2020-06-02|title=Birmingham Mayor Orders Removal of Confederate Monument in Public Park|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/02/us/george-floyd-birmingham-confederate-statue.html|access-date=2020-06-03|issn=0362-4331}} even though the city itself did not exist until after the Civil War. Following protests in 2020 after the murder of George Floyd, during which protestors damaged and tried to remove the monument, the mayor removed the obelisk, leaving only the plinth.{{Cite web|first=Harmeet |last=Kaur|title=Protesters tried to remove a Confederate monument in Birmingham. The mayor told them he would finish the job|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/01/us/birmingham-protests-confederate-monument-trnd/index.html|date=June 2, 2020|access-date=2020-06-02|website=CNN}}{{Cite web|date=2020-06-02|title=Linn Park Confederate Monument Removed By City|url=https://patch.com/alabama/birmingham-al/linn-park-confederate-monument-removed-city|access-date=2020-06-03|website=Birmingham, AL Patch|language=en}} A statue of Charles Linn was installed in 2013 and toppled on May 31, 2020, during the George Floyd protests. The state Attorney General responded by filing a new lawsuit against the city.{{Cite web|last=|first=|title=Attorney General Steve Marshall files new lawsuit against Birmingham over removal of Confederate monument|url=https://www.wbrc.com/2020/06/02/attorney-general-steve-marshall-files-new-lawsuit-against-birmingham-over-removal-confederate-monument/|access-date=2020-06-03|website=www.wbrc.com|date=3 June 2020|language=en-US}}

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Category:parks in Birmingham, Alabama