Re: re-naming Dyke Marsh

David (dstrother@pop.dn.net)
Mon, 28 Sep 1998 19:30:37 -0400


I'd like to second the sentiment implicit in Kurt Gaskill's post about
Dyke Marsh, the NPS homepage for which is located at 
http://www.nps.gov/gwmp/dyke-marsh.htm

No doubt Louis Halle was a wonderful person, and made a valuable
contribution to somethingorother in the Washington area.....but.....the
re-naming of a place ought to have some connection and resonance among
_many_ people and, with all due respect,  I've lived here for over 30
years and never heard of the guy.  

Let's recall that the Congressional rush to "Cape Kennedy" was
eventually modulated into the "Kennedy Space Center" located at Cape
Canaveral.  (One can only hope that this will eventually happen at the
recently re-named "Enemy of the air traffic controllers and
environmentalists Washington National Airport").

Friends of Dyke Marsh is at   http://www.dykemarsh.org/

David Strother
Bethesda, Maryland
dstrother@pop.dn.net