Confederate names in general should be taken off US national monuments. Feel free to use them on garbage cans and sewage pipes if we need to "preserve history".
this post was submitted on 19 Sep 2024
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This and Denali finally being de-named "Mt. McKinley" in 2015 are just so nice.
I would have been happy either embracing a native name or removing the Confederate's name. That this is an opportunity to do both at once is extra sweet.
YES.
Thank you.
Good. This should be a priority nationwide to restore the native names that were replaced by anglicized versions as the land was stolen. Ideally the land would be restored as well, but we know that's not gonna happen. Restoring the name requires minimum effort.
While we're at it, let's remove references to Confederate names, they were traitors to the nation and they lost. Most of us have underwear that has lasted longer than the Confederacy. They don't deserve to be honored and remembered with monuments and locations named for them.
Similar to Harney Peak being renamed Black Elk Peak. Though Harney wasn't a Confederate, he did massacre Native American men, women, and children. Tribal/indigenous naming is so much better.
US: We renamed it, isn't this great!
Cherokee people: Yeah, so when do we get the land back?
US: 😂
US: show us to whom you're returning it and we'll just pass it along.
Lets do Tahoma next.
I'm into it. Let's go right down the whole Cascade range.
- Baker: Kulshan
- Glacier Peak: Dahkobed
- Rainier: Tahoma
- St. Helens: Lawetlat'la
- Adams: Klickitat
- Hood: Wy'east
- Jefferson: Seekseekqua
- Three Sisters: Klah Klahne
- Shasta: Úytaahkoo
- Lassen Peak: Kohm Yah-mah-nee
Neat. It's been on my wish list to visit this spot. It's just that if I'm going to spend money in the south eastern part of the USA, this particular state is pretty high on the list of troubling politics, which is saying a lot given the region. So, it makes me hesitant to go there for a visit and spend my money in a state that seems to overwhelmingly abhor my existence.