Can Trump just order new names for Denali and the Gulf of Mexico? A geographer explains who decides what goes on the map
The state of Alaska requested the name change in 1975, but the Board on Geographic Names didn’t take action. Members of the Ohio congressional delegation – President William McKinley was from Ohio – objected over many years to requests to rename the mountain, and the board did not act on those requests.
On Tuesday, she toned it down: “For us and for the entire world it will continue to be called the Gulf of Mexico.” Map lines are inherently political. After all, they're representations of the ...
On Tuesday, she toned it down: “For us and for the entire world it will continue to be called the Gulf of Mexico.” Map lines are inherently political. After all, they're representations of the ...
Part of a legal description of a boundary line of Dixie County, for instance, says it goes "southerly down the thread of the ...
TALLAHASSEE — After President Donald Trump on Monday issued an executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf ... including on agency maps, contracts, and other documents and ...
Donald Trump took the oath of office as the 47th president of the United States. In his inaugural address, he promised to ...
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