The Darien Times1h
From Greenland to Fort Bragg, America is caught in a name game where place names become political tools
The United States is in the midst of a place-renaming moment. From the renaming of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, to the return of Forts Bragg and Benning and the newly re-renamed Mount ...
Can Trump just order new names for Denali and the Gulf of Mexico? A geographer explains who decides what goes on the map
The state of Alaska requested the name change in 1975, but the Board on Geographic Names didn’t take action. Members of the Ohio congressional delegation – President William McKinley was from Ohio – ...
Rep. Lauren Boebert suggests GOP could rename DC ‘District of America’: 'Keep the jokes at bay'
Washington, D.C., could be renamed to the "District of America," U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert told fellow lawmakers Tuesday ...
Times Union5d
Can Trump just order new names for Denali and the Gulf of Mexico? A geographer explains who decides what goes on the map
Innisfree McKinnon, University of Wisconsin-Stout (THE CONVERSATION) President Donald Trump’s executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska’s Denali, the tallest peak in the country ...
Houston Chronicle6d
Can Trump just order new names for Denali and the Gulf of Mexico? A geographer explains who decides what goes on the map
(THE CONVERSATION) President Donald Trump’s executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska’s Denali, the tallest peak in the country, has resulted in lots of discussion. While for ...