Anonymous
08/21/2016 21:11
Subject: Re:Who is your school named after?
America's favorite fighting Frenchman!
Anonymous
08/21/2016 18:39
Subject: Who is your school named after?
Robert Brent - First Mayor of DC, who was appointed by President Thomas Jefferson.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Brent
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Brent
Anonymous
08/21/2016 17:09
Subject: Who is your school named after?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Bruce Monroe-No idea.
Senator Blanche Bruce and President James Monroe
Yep, I recall that Senator Bruce was the 1st or one of the earliest African American senators...
Anonymous
08/21/2016 14:52
Subject: Who is your school named after?
Anonymous wrote:Bruce Monroe-No idea.
Senator Blanche Bruce and President James Monroe
Anonymous
08/21/2016 14:42
Subject: Who is your school named after?
Bruce Monroe-No idea.
Anonymous
08/21/2016 13:04
Subject: Who is your school named after?
Anonymous wrote:Anyone know Langley? The school has been called that since the 30s or 40s I believe.
The unincorporated community in VA where CIA headquarters is located, probably doe s not provide a clue, as that Langley was named for an estate in England: "In 1719, Thomas Lee purchased a nearly 3,000-acre tract from the sixth Lord Fairfax and named it "Langley" after his family's estate in England." https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/2008-featured-story-archive/original-headquarters-building.html
So, it could be named for the third director of the Smithsonian Institute, astrophysicist Samuel Pierport Langley: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Pierpont_Langley
But, not sure.
Anonymous
08/21/2016 11:41
Subject: Who is your school named after?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:When ever I go to a school I wonder who it's named for. In DC it's a real grab-bag, from the notable to the forgettable. Do you know who your school is named for? Here are some of the ones I know off the top of my head:
Wilson, Roosevelt, Coolidge -- Easy, the presidents
Hardy -- Rose L Hardy, early 20th century DCPS administrator
Deal -- Alice Deal, early 20th century DCPS administrator
Stoddert -- Benjamin Stoddert, first secretary of the Navy
Mann -- Horace Mann, educator
Key -- Francis Scott Key, author of the national anthem
Hearst - Phoebe Hearst, mother of William Randolph Hearst and philanthropist
Who else?
John Tyler, too.
John Tyler was the 10th President of the United States.
Anonymous
08/21/2016 11:15
Subject: Who is your school named after?
Anonymous wrote:When ever I go to a school I wonder who it's named for. In DC it's a real grab-bag, from the notable to the forgettable. Do you know who your school is named for? Here are some of the ones I know off the top of my head:
Wilson, Roosevelt, Coolidge -- Easy, the presidents
Hardy -- Rose L Hardy, early 20th century DCPS administrator
Deal -- Alice Deal, early 20th century DCPS administrator
Stoddert -- Benjamin Stoddert, first secretary of the Navy
Mann -- Horace Mann, educator
Key -- Francis Scott Key, author of the national anthem
Hearst - Phoebe Hearst, mother of William Randolph Hearst and philanthropist
Who else?
John Tyler, too.
Anonymous
08/21/2016 10:33
Subject: Who is your school named after?
Anyone know Langley? The school has been called that since the 30s or 40s I believe.
Anonymous
08/21/2016 10:24
Subject: Re:Who is your school named after?
Anonymous wrote:Anyone know who Stanton Elementary School is named after? My googling has failed me and the school is not listed on the pdf list posted earlier.
https://www.nps.gov/places/fort-stanton.htm
The neighborhood around the school is Ft. Stanton, named for one of DC's Civil War Forts (in the National Park Services Fort Circle Parks). That Ft. is named after Edwin M. Stanton, who was the Secretary of War during the Lincoln administration and for most of the Civil War.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Stanton
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Stanton_(Washington,_D.C.)