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==Events== | ==Events== | ||
[[December 18]] | *'''[[June 5]]''':The [[2016-2017 City Council]] voted 5-0 to rename [[Jackson Park]], [[Justice Park]], and rename [[Lee Park]], [[Emancipation Park]]. | ||
*'''[[February 6]]''': The [[2016-2017 City Council]] voted to remove the statue of Robert E. Lee the park. | |||
*'''[[August 12]]''': A "[[Unite the Right]]" rally turned deadly when a 20-year-old Ohio man accelerated his car into a crowd of counter-protesters, killing 32-year-old [[Heather Heyer]]. | |||
*'''[[September 5]]''': The [[2016-2017 City Council]] voted to remove the Jackson statue from the park. | |||
*'''[[December 18]]''':[[Charlottesville Police Civilian Review Board]] (CRB), an eight member citizen's Board, created by the [[2018-2019 City Council]]. | |||
==Deaths== | ==Deaths== | ||
[[January 7]] | *'''[[January 7]]''': [[Holly Edwards]], a former member of the Charlottesville City Council who served from [[2008]] to [[2011]]. | ||
*'''[[August 12]]''': [[Heather Heyer]], a 32-year-old woman, was fatally injured in a car attack on [[4th Street NW]], between [[Market Street]] and [[Waters Street]], and died at the University of Virginia Medical Center. | |||
[[Category:Chronology]] | [[Category:Chronology]] | ||
Revision as of 01:22, 11 March 2019
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- This article is a date listing important events for the year 2017.
Events
- June 5:The 2016-2017 City Council voted 5-0 to rename Jackson Park, Justice Park, and rename Lee Park, Emancipation Park.
- February 6: The 2016-2017 City Council voted to remove the statue of Robert E. Lee the park.
- August 12: A "Unite the Right" rally turned deadly when a 20-year-old Ohio man accelerated his car into a crowd of counter-protesters, killing 32-year-old Heather Heyer.
- September 5: The 2016-2017 City Council voted to remove the Jackson statue from the park.
- December 18:Charlottesville Police Civilian Review Board (CRB), an eight member citizen's Board, created by the 2018-2019 City Council.
Deaths
- January 7: Holly Edwards, a former member of the Charlottesville City Council who served from 2008 to 2011.
- August 12: Heather Heyer, a 32-year-old woman, was fatally injured in a car attack on 4th Street NW, between Market Street and Waters Street, and died at the University of Virginia Medical Center.