After a 9-1 vote by the county board, Lee Highway will be called by its federal highway number: Route 29. Lee-Jackson Memorial Highway will become Route 50.
The move followed other measures in the state to do away with tributes to Confederate leaders, such as Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson, on roads and Civil War monuments., which is now known as the Franconia District and is represented by Supervisor Rodney L. Lusk .
Community meetings are continuing over the possibility of renaming the Sully District, represented by Supervisor Kathy L. Smith , which was named after a former slavery plantation.
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