Miami-Dade commission to rename Dixie Highway

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Miami-Dade commission to rename Dixie Highway

Commissioner wants Dixie Highway to be named after famed abolitionist

Feb 6, 2020

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – There is a nationwide movement to rename the 5,786 mile-long Dixie Highway, which crosses 10 states from Sault Sainte Marie in Michigan to Miami, along Biscayne Bay.

Miami-Dade County Commissioner Dennis Moss stands with that effort. He wants to rename the portion of the highway that crosses 7 of 13 Miami-Dade districts after Harriet Tubman, a famed abolitionist.

“If there was a Fidel Castro highway, would we say to the Cuban community ‘Get over it!’?” said Moss, who represents district 9. "The answer would not just be ‘No!’ The answer would be “Hell no!”

Moss has enough support to make the change happen. Miami-Dade isn’t the first in South Florida to push for the removal of tributes to the Confederacy.

https://www.local10.com/news/local/2...dixie-highway/

[Matty74]

Florida is so redneck. There's a saying in Florida, "the further north you go, the further South you get." Here's a large flag that flies prominently near the interstate highway 75 in Tampa, FL. It cannot be removed, because this giant flag is flying from private property.