Paducah Commission Votes in Favor of New Monuments

The Paducah City Commission approved two municipal orders regarding the placement of monuments in City of Paducah parks at Tuesday evening's meeting.  

For each monument, the city says the proposed monument was reviewed by the Paducah Monument Committee. 

The Paducah NAACP Chapter would like to place a monument honoring Clarence “Big House” Gaines in Robert Coleman Park at the corner of 9th Street and Husbands Street.  There will be an unveiling of the monument at noon on Monday, August 7.  In 2015, South 7th Street was renamed to honor Gaines.  An unveiling of the street sign will be on Monday, August 7 at 1 p.m. at Burks Chapel A.M.E. Church with a reception to follow at The Hotel Metropolitan.  Contact the NAACP for information about a banquet that evening at 6:30 at the Civic Center. 

Members of the Operation Enduring Freedom Fund would like to place a Global War on Terrorism monument on the Clark Street side of Dolly McNutt Memorial Plaza.