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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Where is the line?

Thomas Jefferson and James Madison were slave owners.

Bull run was a battle won by the confederates

The references are everywhere in this area[/quote]

Jefferson and Madison were memorialized immediately and although everyone is opposed to slavery we understand it was customary at the time. They were not traitors, and they made contributions to our country unrelated to slavery whereas confederate names really do not have reason to be commemorated. What makes certain names worse about this part of Fairfax county is that much of the area including the Mosby Woods neighborhood was built during the Massive Resistance era to fight integration of schools by trying to drive away anyone who was not white from wanting to live here. Though times have changed, it is still a mostly white neighborhood. The school, however, is extraordinarily diverse, and there is no reason for those students to go to a school so named for the purpose of keeping them out. The school zoning does not include the Mosby Woods neighborhood, it primarily pulls from neighborhoods off Blake Lane. I believe Mosby Woods School changed its mascot from Raiders to Mustangs a while back, so there has been awareness and discussion of this name change for several years. I would love to see the confederate street names of the Mosby Woods neighborhood changed. [/quote]

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