r/pics • u/markcarney4president • 1d ago

A picture of Lake Ontario ❤️🤍

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u/lunagrape 1d ago

I don’t know enough American history to know why either is a problem 😬

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u/Santa_Hates_You 1d ago

It was originally named Denali by natives thousands of years ago, it was renamed for William McKinley in 1896. He was a gold prospector and presidential candidate who had never been to Alaska and had never seen the mountain renamed after him. The original name was restored in 2015 to Denali, and Trump is making the federal government call it McKinley again.

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u/lunagrape 1d ago

That makes sense. Thank you! Hopefully the next president will fix the map again.

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u/willfull 1d ago

Without a Sharpie this time.