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Old May 12, 2006 | 1:03 pm
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Originally Posted by studentff
But in general I'm against renaming well-known landmarks for social, political, or marketing reasons. There seems to be a trend toward such renaming: DCA, BWI, and ATL are recent examples, and I still call them National, BWI, and Hartsfield.
"Hartsfield" is a reference to William B. Hartsfield (former Mayor of Atlanta)... the airport was named in honor of him very shortly after his death in 1971.
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