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New Names Given to 28 Offensively Named Places in Colorado

Previously named landmarks in Colorado that were disparaging and racist now have new names:

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28 Colorado landmarks officially have new names, thanks to the Interior Department

The Interior Department released officially renamed hundreds of landmarks across the U.S. that included derogatory terms in their previous names. More than two dozen of them are in Colorado.

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