Woke Goes After the Atlanta Braves and Kansas City Chiefs

ATLANTA BRAVES

Braves officials in July announced they are not going to change the team's name.

However, the team said it would discuss the tomahawk symbol on the jerseys and then tomahawk chop fans do at games.

Some have called upon the team to rebrand as the Hammers, especially after the death of Hank Aaron.  ("Hammerin' Hank")

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KANSAS CITY CHIEFS 

The Chiefs said they won't change their name, but they banned fans from wearing headdresses and Native American inspired face paint.

That hasn't stopped Indigenous people from expressing their frustration with the name and tomahawk chops.  Protesters went to Super Bowl LV in Tampa, Florida, and requested the team change its name.

--Dacoot

World War I Preparations in Plattsburgh, NY, Lead to "Metallic Relics of Ancient Days"

From the July 24, 2017, Plattsburgh (NY) Press-Republican  "Look-back:  Week of July 24 to July 31."

1917, 100 Years Ago.

"The erection of wooden bunkhouses at Plattsburgh Barracks has resulted in bringing to light a number of metallic relics of ancient days -- relics innocently trodden underfoot by the splendid young men eagerly studying the arts of  modern warfare.

"Among those are a pewter button that no doubt dates to the War of 1812 because similar ones have been found upon the site of battlefields in Canada.

"Also found was the exceedingly rusty remains of an iron tomahawk."

An Archaeology Thing.  --Cooter