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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The SB announced last night they were voting against westover village- b/c there was also a westover plantation and someone might perceive the name westover to be after the plantation. [/quote] It probably was named after the plantation. A lot places in Arlington were, including Arlington itself. I don’t think they will go change every school/street/neighborhood name, because it would just be too costly. But going forward, it’s probably a good idea that they avoid the naming convention that was meant to evoke the southern gentility of plantation living for whites and/or evoke the terror of slavery and Post-Reconstruction/Jim Crow for Black Americans. [/quote]
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