Not an improvement:
In Virginia, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors officially renamed the Lee District as the Franconia District on Tuesday.
The Fairfax, Virginia, County Board of Supervisors officially renamed the Lee District as the Franconia District on Tuesday.
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The renaming is the latest action to strip the name of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee from locations around the county. In June 2020, the Fairfax County School Board renamed Lee High School after the late civil rights activist and U.S. Rep. John Lewis.
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Many Black and African American residents voiced their concerns of how the long-stay of the name continues a legacy of a time where people were seen as property or a commodity. The name change offers these residents a peace of mind, knowing they can raise their children to be proud residents of “Franconia” and not a township that honors a slaveowner.
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Lee District Rec Center will be known as the Franconia Rec Center.
Lee District Park is now called Franconia District Park.
Lee Residential Permit Parking District is now the Lewis Parking District.
Lee Community Parking District is now the Franconia Parking District.
Franconia?!
Franconia is named after the Franks
the military practices of the Frankish nation in the 6th century and have even been extrapolated to the entire period preceding Charles Martel's reforms
Why can't people do their homework FFS?!
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