tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26674022.post8763622262304651337..comments2024-03-11T17:08:07.679+01:00Comments on Sicily Scene: I name this Ship...Welshcakes Limoncellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17209759237794290941noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26674022.post-42234513809830947572008-01-19T00:23:00.000+01:002008-01-19T00:23:00.000+01:00Jason, thank you very much for that information. ...Jason, thank you very much for that information. I have always wondered about why and how the decisions were made.Welshcakes Limoncellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17209759237794290941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26674022.post-3350383016584505142008-01-18T19:06:00.000+01:002008-01-18T19:06:00.000+01:00From 1963 to 1973 it was called Cape Kennedy. Pres...From 1963 to 1973 it was called Cape Kennedy. President John F. Kennedy was an enthusiastic backer of the space program, and after his assassination in 1963, his widow Jacqueline Kennedy suggested to President Lyndon Johnson that renaming the Cape Canaveral facility would be an appropriate memorial. However, Johnson recommended the renaming not just of the facility, but of the entire cape. Accordingly, Cape Canaveral was renamed Cape Kennedy.<BR/><BR/>Although the name change was approved by the United States Board on Geographic Names of the Interior Department in 1964, it was not popular in Florida, especially in the city of Cape Canaveral, Florida. In 1973 the state passed a law restoring the former 400-year-old name, and the Board went along. The Kennedy family issued a letter stating they "understood the decision"; Jacqueline Kennedy also stated if she had known that the Canaveral name had existed for 400 years, she never would have supported changing the name of the Cape. The Space Center itself retains the "Kennedy" name.Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07396657083014850618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26674022.post-24349696135856131862007-10-14T21:13:00.000+02:002007-10-14T21:13:00.000+02:00Thanks, Shades. I always wondered about that!Thanks, Shades. I always wondered about that!Welshcakes Limoncellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17209759237794290941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26674022.post-70126941395052627002007-10-14T21:10:00.000+02:002007-10-14T21:10:00.000+02:00The locals didn't like it, I gather.The locals didn't like it, I gather.Shadeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07777836927500400430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26674022.post-83698516339841646902007-10-14T19:12:00.000+02:002007-10-14T19:12:00.000+02:00Thanks for this post, Shades. I didn't know carpa...Thanks for this post, Shades. I didn't know carparks were named after people! Do you know why Cape Kennedy reverted to the name of Canaverel?Welshcakes Limoncellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17209759237794290941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26674022.post-90758563194522765822007-10-11T17:45:00.000+02:002007-10-11T17:45:00.000+02:00You know I never thought of that being a Canadian ...You know I never thought of that being a Canadian thing, well in other places too I guess. <BR/>When I first came to Vancouver and worked at the University it drove me crazy on Campus when people said Oh that's the Buchanan Building or whatever. Just tell me it's the Arts Building or the Pharmacy Building, not the George C. Cunningham building where I worked. Who the heck is he? Still going on at UBC too as people give stacks of money to get buildings named after themselves. <BR/>Now corporations give money to have things renamed after them, so we have the Ford Theatre, courtesy of the Ford Motor Corporation.<BR/>regards<BR/>jmbjmbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13563252743976699923noreply@blogger.com