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2. Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, and Fort Pierce in Florida

Sat Jul 11, 2015, 12:23 PM

Jul 2015

Cities named after Army officers who did bad things to the Seminoles.

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"Politician Asks Fort Bragg to Change Its Name, Town Scoffs" [View all] Comrade Grumpy Jul 2015 OP

What about these U.S. Army posts? TexasProgresive Jul 2015 #1

Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, and Fort Pierce in Florida 1939 Jul 2015 #2

Los Angeles is a particularly nasty problem. Igel Jul 2015 #10

Los Angeles isn't named after anyone. Spider Jerusalem Jul 2015 #12

Timeline doesn't make sense. bluedigger Jul 2015 #3

I think the newspaper article has its history confused. Comrade Grumpy Jul 2015 #4

In my personal experience, that is always a safe assumption. bluedigger Jul 2015 #5

There are so many places all over this country (and world) cwydro Jul 2015 #6

Starting down that path leads to wholesale place name changes. MineralMan Jul 2015 #8

There have been wholesale name changes already. Lots of Gormy Cuss Jul 2015 #13

Not as many as you might think, really. MineralMan Jul 2015 #14

I think you'd be surprised. But it's not just MineralMan Jul 2015 #16

I can accept that easily Glassunion Jul 2015 #11