[Breitbart] Jefferson Davis Highway ‐ named for the Congressman, Senator, Secretary of War, and president of the Confederacy ‐ will now be called Richmond Highway on the portion of the road that runs through Arlington County, Virginia.
The Commonwealth Transportation Board made the decision and Democrat Attorney General Mark Herring finalized the deal, according to Fox 5 News.
Delegate Mark Levine, a Democrat representing Alexandria, Arlington, and Fairfax, told Fox 5 News constituents told him several years ago that the name "upset" them.
"Levine approached Herring with a legal argument that would allow counties to change state highway names without approval by the General Assembly," Fox 5 News reported.
"For my constituents, it’s a way to say Arlington today is not the Arlington of 100 years ago," Levine said. "This is a county that welcomes people, that welcomes our diverse population."
"It does not support the person who fought for slavery," said Levine. |