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A group has filed an application with the city to rename Calhoun Square, named for John C. Calhoun, but the process to make that happen is complex.

Jordan: The other Newark earthworks Newark Advocate Visitors to the Great Circle and Octagon are often fascinated to learn that the Newark Earthworks once included two other major shapes: a square and an oval. This square and oval were connected by walled walkways that covered over four-square-miles. Their interconnectedness is part of why we call the Newark Earthworks a complex. A remnant of the square still exists. It officially is called the Wright Earthworks and lies in a green space owned by the Ohio History Connection at the intersection of James and Waldo Streets. This location is abou...

Savannah Morning News Savannah's squares are, in many ways, a portal to the past — more than green spaces, they are a mostly-untarnished window to the nearly 288-year history of the oldest city in Georgia. But history isn't always comfortable. Contemporary values rarely resemble those of the past, and after a few hundred years of social change, prominent historic figures and the ideas they represent come to be viewed by some as antiquated, unethical, or in some cases, offensive.  Last summer, the U.S. was faced with a racial reckoning. Following the death of George Floyd at the hands ...

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