The toppling of Confederate monuments and changing of street and other names that honor Confederate figures has been a hot-button issue in Virginia.
Lee High Park, which sits behind John R. Lewis High School, became Lewis High Park. Lee District Park became Franconia Park. And the Lee District Rec Center became the Franconia Rec Center.
The toppling of Confederate monuments and changing of streets and other names that honor Confederate figures has been a hot-button issue in Virginia, with some residents complaining that history is being erased while others argue it is appropriate to remove tokens that honor a racist past. The changing of park names has generated similar reactions.
Bill Bouie, the chair of the park authority board, said conversations about renaming the parks had been happening for about three years. He said when the board of supervisors decided to change the magisterial name altogether, and the board aligned its plans with the district. Supervisor Rodney Lusk said the decision to make the district’s name “Franconia” was inspired by already existing public landmarks in the community.
“You might be familiar with Franconia Road,” Lusk said. “Our district police office is located in the Franconia Governmental Center. Additionally, we have the Franconia-Springfield Parkway, which is pretty recognizable here. We have the Franconia Museum.”Colette Thurston, a resident of the Franconia district’s Monticello Woods neighborhood who emigrated from France in 1961, said the Confederate history was not her own.
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