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U.S. 50 has been called John Mosby Highway. Mosby was a Confederate commander during the Civil War.
U.S. 7 has been known as Harry Byrd Highway in the stretches contained in Loudoun County. Byrd was a Virginia governor from 1926 to 1930 and later a U.S. Senator.
Loudoun Supervisor Koran Saines said Byrd was known for his zealous opposition to integration. There s a new effort to rename the Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery, and as News4 s Derrick Ward reports, the house s history could inform its future.
Saines authored the motion to the begin the process of naming the two highways. Supervisor Juli Briskman headed another motion to have the county inventory public roads, buildings and other entities named for racist figures.
Loudoun County votes to rename roads named after a Confederate commander and a segregationist (Source: WALB) By Associated Press | December 18, 2020 at 1:49 PM EST - Updated December 18 at 9:33 PM
LEESBURG, Va. (AP) â Officials in Virginiaâs Loudoun County have voted to rename the countyâs portions of U.S. Routes 50 and 7. Thatâs because one of the roadways was named after a Confederate commander, and the other was named after an ardent segregationist.
WTOP reports that the board voted on Tuesday to make the changes.
U.S. 50 has been called John Mosby Highway. Mosby was a Confederate commander during the Civil War.
LEESBURG, Va. (AP) Officials in Virginia’s Loudoun County have voted to rename the county’s portions of U.S. Routes 50 and 7. That’s because one of the roadways was named after a Confederate commander, and the other was named after an ardent segregationist. WTOP
reports that the board voted on Tuesday to begin the process of making the changes. U.S. 50 has been called John Mosby Highway. Mosby was a Confederate commander during the Civil War. U.S. 7 has been known as Harry Byrd Highway in the stretches contained in Loudoun County. Byrd was a Virginia governor from 1926 to 1930 and later a U.S. Senator.
Loudoun County to rename its portions of US Routes 50 and 7
December 18, 2020 GMT
LEESBURG, Va. (AP) Officials in Virginia’s Loudoun County have voted to rename the county’s portions of U.S. Routes 50 and 7. That’s because one of the roadways was named after a Confederate commander, and the other was named after an ardent segregationist.
WTOP reports that the board voted on Tuesday to begin the process of making the changes.
U.S. 50 has been called John Mosby Highway. Mosby was a Confederate commander during the Civil War.
U.S. 7 has been known as Harry Byrd Highway in the stretches contained in Loudoun County. Byrd was a Virginia governor from 1926 to 1930 and later a U.S. Senator.