Do you enjoy traveling to beautiful mountains, lakes and mines? Note: It may have been named after the swastika. Photo Credit: George Rose/Getty Images

Hikers along Libby Creek in Wyoming’s Medicine Bow Laut National Forest will not pass near Swastika Lake following an order by the Albany County Commission. voted I’m changing my name this week.

The proposal to retire the name was approved by a 2-1 margin, with the only negative vote. saying Of the proposed changes, he said, “Limiting knowledge and removing history is the calling card of communism.”

In recent years, local governments across North America have rebranded towns and natural sites, named after the swastika, the Nazis most powerful symbol. But despite a recent surge in efforts to remove the name from Oregon’s former Swastika Mountain, which was renamed after the tribal leader earlier this year, resistance like the resistance in Wyoming has emerged. some people do.

name of lake wyoming go back Until 1922, the swastika was used as a symbol of good luck. Common across North America: Albany County also once had a Swastika Store and a Swastika Ranch.

The use of the swastika as a place name began in North America in the early 20th century, but seems to have slowed down as Hitler’s notoriety grew. During World War II, some municipalities that had previously celebrated the swastika decided to discontinue their association with the symbol, like the swastika town of New Mexico. changed Its name is “Brilliant” during war.

But that renaming work is still in progress. In 2019, the city council of Cherry Hills, a suburb of Denver, Colorado, changed A 56-lot subdivision named ‘Swastika Acres’ to ‘Old Cherry Hills’.And in 2022, pass lynching will A town of 7,000 people In Ontario, a vote on renaming the Swastika Trail, a private road named in the 1920s, drew wide public attention when the town was split between those for and against. Mayor James Seeley opposed The street renaming claims, “This is private property.” And the federal government has not banned the symbol or the word. “

Ultimately, the town council voted to rename the street.

Swastika, New York, part of the town of Blackbrook, made news in 2020. Rejected New York City residents petitioned the city council to consider a name change.

“We regret that the name offends people who lack knowledge of the history of our community,” said Black Brook supervisor John Douglas. Said CNN. “For members of our community … this is the name their ancestors chose.”

The name “Swastika” has long been particularly famous in the mining industry.like a mine Swastika Mining Company In Josephine County, Oregon, swastika mine In Yavapai County, Arizona, it still seems to have that name. (Neither mine appears to be currently in operation.)

And sometimes you’ll be surprised by the existence of an area named after the swastika. In 1992, residents of Miami’s Little Havana neighborhood were stunned when a homeowner attempted to build an extension on his lot. learning That their 92 lots of subdivisions have been officially registered as “Manji Park”. However, despite the discomfort, the name remained intact as the Miami City Borough Commission. decided It was hard to change my name back then.

This is one of several reasons the government has refused to rename the region named after the swastika. Perhaps none of these responses are more convincing than those of Swastika, Ontario residents. Established In 1906, next to the swastika mine, Ontario’s first gold mine.

As a result of World War II and Nazi appropriation of the symbol, the Ontario government tried in 1940 to rename the town after Winston Churchill.

The inhabitants never heard of it.they instead exchanged Some official city signs proclaimed “To Hell with Hitler.” We had swastika first. “