The Union Forever: A TL

[metastasis_d]

Bitterroot

[Mac Gregor]

Originally Posted by metastasis_d

Bitterroot

Indeed, I think the most likely canidates for a possible rename of Idaho would be Bitterroot, Shoshone, Jefferson, or if Washington State gets named something different, which is possible, OTL Idaho could be called Washington.

I hope y'all aren't minding this discussion on retconing state borders. An update on the war in South America should be coming soon.

[metastasis_d]

Originally Posted by Mac Gregor

Indeed, I think the most likely canidates for a possible rename of Idaho would be Bitterroot, Shoshone, Jefferson, or if Washington State gets named something different, which is possible, OTL Idaho could be called Washington.

I hope y'all aren't minding this discussion on retconing state borders. An update on the war in South America should be coming soon.

As long as this isn't delaying, I'm fine.

[Mac Gregor]

Originally Posted by metastasis_d

As long as this isn't delaying, I'm fine.

Sadly it is delaying the next update because I need a definitive list of state names in order to name the American battleships which will have an important role in next installment. I have decided that on the map the names will be 1. Absaroka 2. Laramie 3. Pasapa 4. Dakota. However, research now has me questioning the names of Idaho (a made up Indian word first used for OTL Colorado in 1860), Oklahoma (Choctaw for "red man" first used in 1866) and Sequoyah (named after the inventor of the Cherokee Syllabary and first used in the 1890s). What do y'all think? Should these names for the sake of butterflies be changed too? I apologize for the delay and for such a large retcon.

[Beedok]

I think Idaho is good as the term exists pre-POD. Sequoyah depends on when the guy was born.

[Shadow Knight]

I'd recommend at least one of those places be named one of these: Jefferson, Lincoln, or Franklin.

Just my two cents of course.

[metastasis_d]

Wichita for former Oklahoma?

[Mac Gregor]

Originally Posted by metastasis_d

Wichita for former Oklahoma?

Why Wichita?

[metastasis_d]

Originally Posted by Mac Gregor

Why Wichita?

The Wichita Mountains

[Mac Gregor]

Originally Posted by metastasis_d

The Wichita Mountains

Gotcha. I have made a decision on the map/state names retcon, and will post it as soon as Ares96 finishes the map. Then we can return to the war in South America. Cheers!

[metastasis_d]

Outstanding. Can't wait. Any chance of it happening tonight, or do you still have to write it?

[Mac Gregor]

Hey everyone, just wanting to wish y'all a happy Washington's Birthday! And to honor the Father of our Country I will be posting an update on the South American War later today. Also I was thinking that the we should start thinking of some fitting monuments to build for the upcoming bicentennial ITTL (a statue on Bedloe's Island perhaps?) Cheers!

[Ares96]

It's the 20th today. Washington's birthday is the 22nd, isn't it?

[metastasis_d]

Originally Posted by Ares96

It's the 20th today. Washington's birthday is the 22nd, isn't it?

You are correct. I think today is President's day.

[Lalli]

Originally Posted by Mac Gregor

Also I was thinking that the we should start thinking of some fitting monuments to build for the upcoming bicentennial ITTL (a statue on Bedloe's Island perhaps?) Cheers!

Couple ideas. Maybe somewhere could be gigantic statues about Founding Fathers. Or then Mountain Rushmore style mountain sculpture about notable presidents (Washington, Jefferson and Abraham and Robert Todd Lincoln).

Anyway, is in this timeline somekind Washington Monument in Washington D.C.?

[RamscoopRaider]

Originally Posted by Lalli

Couple ideas. Maybe somewhere could be gigantic statues about Founding Fathers. Or then Mountain Rushmore style mountain sculpture about notable presidents (Washington, Jefferson and Abraham and Robert Todd Lincoln).

Anyway, is in this timeline somekind Washington Monument in Washington D.C.?

The Washington monument was already under construction in 1848, over 10 years before the divergence point

[Mac Gregor]

Originally Posted by Ares96

It's the 20th today. Washington's birthday is the 22nd, isn't it?

Originally Posted by metastasis_d

You are correct. I think today is President's day.

You are both correct. We choose to celebrate Washington's birthday on the third Monday of February. Despite the widespread use of the term it is not officially known as Presidents Day. By the way, ITTL Washington’s Birthday is still celebrated on February 22nd.

[Ares96]

Originally Posted by Mac Gregor

You are both correct. We choose to celebrate Washington's birthday on the third Monday of February. Despite the widespread use of the term it is not officially known as Presidents Day. By the way, ITTL Washington’s Birthday is still celebrated on February 22nd.

Good; it's confusing, the way you Americans keep having holidays on specific weekdays instead of on specific dates.

[metastasis_d]

Originally Posted by Ares96

Good; it's confusing, the way you Americans keep having holidays on specific weekdays instead of on specific dates.

Nobody wants a Wednesday or some bullshit off and then the weekend.

[Beedok]

Originally Posted by Ares96

Good; it's confusing, the way you Americans keep having holidays on specific weekdays instead of on specific dates.

Decides to look around shiftely and hope no one brings up Victoria Day.