He seeks to rename it as Biddy Mason Park, in honor of a former slave who became a prominent LA citizen and landowner in the 1850s.
Los Angeles City Councilman Kevin de León is joined by Cheryl and Robynn Cox, direct descendants of Bridget Mason, during a wreath-laying ceremony to honor the civic leader at Biddy Mason Memorial Park in Los Angeles on Friday, February 25, 2022. According to de León’s office, the renaming would serve as a symbolic and overdue recognition of Bridget “Biddy” Mason’s life.
Los Angeles City Councilman Kevin de León is joined by Cheryl and Robynn Cox, direct descendants of Bridget Mason, during a wreath-laying ceremony to honor the civic leader at Biddy Mason Memorial Park in Los Angeles on Friday, February 25, 2022. Los Angeles City Councilman Kevin de León is joined by Cheryl and Robynn Cox, direct descendants of Bridget Mason, during a wreath-laying ceremony to honor the civic leader at Biddy Mason Memorial Park in Los Angeles on Friday, February 25, 2022.
Los Angeles City Councilman Kevin de León is joined by Cheryl and Robynn Cox, direct descendants of Bridget Mason, during a wreath-laying ceremony to honor the civic leader at Biddy Mason Memorial Park in Los Angeles on Friday, February 25, 2022. “Biddy Mason’s story reminds us that history is not just a collection of dates and events, but a tapestry of lives lived, struggles endured, and triumphs achieved,” de León said in a statement.
According to the Los Angeles Conservancy, Mason bought a nearly 1-acre site in 1866, between what is now Broadway and Spring streets and Third and Fourth streets, the site of a mini-park in her honor named Biddy Mason Memorial Park.Attorney William Briggs steps down from LA Police Commission
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