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DC Statehood
Jul. 15th, 2019 03:27 pmWe held a referendum in 2016. We voted to pursue statehood. The bill had a few things I didn't like, but uniting behind a flawed statement seemed better than scuttling an idea whose time is, I believe, here.
One thing I did like about it: we're keeping the initials DC. It will stand for Douglass Commonwealth. Frederick Douglass lived here for quite awhile. It also means we'll be one of the rare states named for someone (Washington State, both Carolinas (King Charles), both Virginias (Queen Elizabeth I), Georgia (King George), Pennsylvania (William Penn), and Louisiana (King Louis of France)) and one of what would then be three named after a US personage, not European royalty.
One thing I did like about it: we're keeping the initials DC. It will stand for Douglass Commonwealth. Frederick Douglass lived here for quite awhile. It also means we'll be one of the rare states named for someone (Washington State, both Carolinas (King Charles), both Virginias (Queen Elizabeth I), Georgia (King George), Pennsylvania (William Penn), and Louisiana (King Louis of France)) and one of what would then be three named after a US personage, not European royalty.
