The vote came a week after Trump on his first day in office signed an executive order calling for the name to revert to Mount McKinley.
The state of Alaska requested the name change in 1975, but the Board on Geographic Names didn’t take action. Members of the Ohio congressional delegation – President William McKinley was from Ohio – objected over many years to requests to rename the mountain, and the board did not act on those requests.
One of President Donald Trump’s first executive actions upon reentering the White House was to reestablish its most famous mountain as McKinley’s namesake.
Alaskans are responding after President Donald Trump changed the name of North America's tallest peak from Denali back to Mount McKinley.
President Trump has ordered the name of North America's tallest peak to revert from Denali to its former name: Mount McKinley. We want to hear from you: What should Alaska's highest mountain be named and why does it matter to you? Or maybe it doesn't matter to you. We'd still like to hear your thoughts on the subject.
Following the president's order, the Gulf of Mexico will henceforth be referred to as the Gulf of America, and North America's tallest mountain will revert to Mount McKinley. As stated in the Department of the Interior’s press release,
The Alaska House voted 28-10 to adopt a resolution signaling their opposition to changing the name of North America’s tallest peak.
This comes after President Trump signed an executive order on Inauguration Day that ordered the name Mt. McKinley be reinstated and the Gulf of Mexico be renamed.
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Google said the change aligned with its policy of following official US government geographic designations. Read more at straitstimes.com.