You can guess the reasons why.
Fairfax County has named Robert E. Lee High school after civil rights icon John Lewis.
Alexandria has renamed two schools. Hampton is renaming five schools that were previously named after either slaveowners, Confederates or segregationists.
The College of William and Mary has renamed three buildings.
The state community college system is renaming schools bearing the names of Lord Fairfax, John Tyler, Thomas Nelson and wants to change Patrick Henry and Dabney S. Lancaster.
All this has come within the past few months. We donât have space to list all the schools, roads or other public facilities that have been or are in the process of being renamed. Roanoke is no stranger to this process.