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Originally posted by Senusret I
And NOBODY in the DC Area refers to it as Reagan. It was a big joke to all of us here, and even Metrorail refused to rename to subway station at the airport, and the maps, and all the literature...they said they didn't have the money to make all those changes, so forget it.
(I think they have made the changes by now though....perhaps Congress decided to foot the bill.)
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That is so true, it will always be "National".
They changed the name of a middle school out here from Roger B Taney (US Supreme Court racist) to Thurgood Marshall, and the kids are still heathens. A name is just a name. But if the people in that district are mad enough and want it changed, then go right ahead, that's their right as taxpaying citzens. But where's all the rucous to get textbooks and desks in the classrooms, more teachers, etc?
Is this another, albeit slightly different, example of the "name brand frenzy" in America?