(08-02-2020 04:38 PM)Tribe2011 Wrote:  

(08-02-2020 01:16 PM)soccerguy315 Wrote:  NAACP of Arlington County, VA (borders DC) wants the county logo changed, which is modeled after Arlington House (a house once owned by R.E. Lee in what is now Arlington National Cemetery).

Of course, the county is also named after the house. So...

Arlington County was created and named in 1801, a good six years before Robert E. Lee was even born...

Arlington County in Northern Virginia? I do not think this is accurate. Per the county's website:

Quote:Arlington County is a jurisdiction of 25.8 square miles located across the Potomac River from Washington D.C. The County was originally part of the ten-mile square surveyed in 1791 for the Nation’s Capital. From 1801 to 1847, what are now Arlington and a portion of the City of Alexandria were known as Alexandria County, District of Columbia. In 1847, at the request of the local residents, Congress retroceded Alexandria County to the Commonwealth of Virginia.

In 1870, Alexandria County and the City of Alexandria were formally separated and regular elections were held by a post-Civil War government. Subsequently, in 1920, Alexandria County was renamed Arlington County to eliminate the confusion between these two adjacent jurisdictions. The name “Arlington” was chosen because General Robert E. Lee’s home of that name is located in the County, on the grounds of Arlington National Cemetery.