about Gandhi Park
On July 1st, 2008, Mecklenburg County Chairman Jennifer Roberts proposed to the Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners that the County accept a donation of a Memorial to Mahatma Gandhi.The proposal was unanimously approved. The monument to Mahatma Gandhi was dedicated on October 3, 2009 as part of the opening of Gandhi Park. It is located in a very appropriate and prestigious location - on the front lawn of the historic Old Mecklenburg County Courthouse at the corner of Trade and Alexander Streets in uptown Charlotte.
Gandhi Park is over 100 feet long by 80 feet wide with a park-like surrounding. It features the wonderful statue of Mohandas Karamchand (Mahatma) Gandh (pictured above)i, with his eyeglasses and his walking stick in his classic Dandi march stance.