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"Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site," at one acre, perhaps should win an award for the smallest ratio of land compared to the length of it name.
This is the only
National Battlefield Site left in the country. All others with that designation (including the nearby and nearly identical
Tupelo National Battlefield) have been renamed. Why is this the only one? (Perhaps we will never know, but it is probably related to a lack of interest by Members of Congress in modern times in introducing any bill even remotely related to a site honoring Nathan Bedford Forrest. Redesignating the site would take an act of Congress.)
By the way, the battle really is called "Brice's Crossroads" but the site "Brices Cross Roads." Again, I have no clue why.
Years ago, the federal gummint went to war against apostrophes in place names. That's why it's Stones River, Harpers Ferry, Sailors Creek, etc.
Hal Jespersen 19:19, 20 April 2006 (UTC)reply
To risk getting even further off-topic... I heard that
Charlotte Amalie (pronounced "Amalia") on St. Thomas, named after
Charlotte Amelia of Hesse-Cassel, is spelt that way because of a typo by the U.S. Post Office shortly after acquiring the territory. But my favorite is Clew Bay (see
Talk:Clew Bay for the story). —
Eoghanachttalk 17:40, 24 April 2006 (UTC)reply
Requested move 15 August 2020
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requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a
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The result of the move request was: Move. No objections after 9 days.
Cúchullaint/
c 15:11, 24 August 2020 (UTC)reply
– The page for the battlefield site was moved from the proposed name to its current name in 2018 to reflect the official name in the National Register of Historic Places. However, both the current NRHP entry
here and official National Park Service site
here use the form without the apostrophe. The page for the battlefield site should use the official name used by the NPS. Additionally, given the above, the page for the battle itself should be similarly moved. It seems like both forms of the name are used, but I argue for deference to the NPS given the extent to which they strive to be historically accurate.
Mdewman6 (
talk) 21:12, 15 August 2020 (UTC)reply
The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.