Fairfax Co. task force to suggest
new names for Lee Highway, Lee
Jackson Memorial Highway
Posted By: Ribicon, 7/14/2021 12:49:09 PM
The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors formed a task force to suggest new names for U.S. Route 29/Lee Highway and U.S. Route 50/Lee Jackson Memorial Highway, as many Virginia communities scrutinize schools, monuments and other places recognizing Confederate figures. The 30-member Confederate Names Task Force is expected to meet monthly starting this August, and will host voices from residents, homeowner associations, local businesses, faith leaders and historic groups.(Snip) “We cannot ignore what the Lee and Lee Jackson Memorial Highway names represent in our community and especially to our African American neighbors,” Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Chairman Jeffrey C. McKay said.
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Fairfax County is named after Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron, who owned hundreds of bLACK Slaves stolen from their ancestral homelands and set to toil on his 30 plantations there. The Fairfax likewise causes howls of anguish to rise from The Community; why not rename it Floydfax?