Among the roughly 200 executive orders President Donald Trump is expected to sign during his first day in office is a declaration to restore the name of the 25th president, William McKinley, to an Alaska mountain.
Trump said he planned to “restore the name of a great president, William McKinley, to Mount McKinley, where it should be and where it belongs."
The move is likely to face some pushback in Alaska, where the Alaska Native name has long been favored for the continent’s tallest mountain.
For decades, Alaskans and Indigenous groups petitioned for the name to be changed back to Denali. Their efforts faced opposition, particularly from Ohio lawmakers who viewed the name Mount McKinley as a tribute to their state’s native son and 25th U.S. president.
The move, the 47th president says, will ‘restore the name of a great president’ to ‘Mount McKinley, where it should be and where it belongs.’
Originally known as Mount McKinley, named after the 19th-century Republican president, it was renamed Denali in 2015 to honor Alaska’s indigenous people
The tallest peak in North America has been named Denali since 2015 when its name was officially changed under former President Barack Obama.
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