Matthew Yglesias

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

It’s across the street from what used to be Harrison Elementary before it became a charter school, and @ggwash confirms the school was named for William Henry rather than Benjamin. Just hard to believe he was ever a popular namesake. https://t.co/XIkBTSFmnv — PolitiTweet.org

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The only recommended renaming in my neighborhood is Harrison playground, which this says is owned after William Henry Harrison but I had always understood to be named after Benjamin Harrison. — PolitiTweet.org

I did not know the history behind so many of these D.C building namesakes. Thomson Elementary is named for the scho… https://t.co/9YH6doX7Kr

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Benjamin Harrison is not like a great historical figure or anything but he signed the Sherman Antitrust Act, tried (and failed) to protect Black voting rights, and fits the general civil war theme of most of the people stuff around here is named after. — PolitiTweet.org

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