MANY CITIZENS WERE COMPLETELY AGAINST CHANGING THE NAME OF GREENE STREET TO BROAD STREET. IN THE CENTENNIAL YEAR OF 1976, MANY QUESTIONED THE MOTIVES AND PATRIOTISM OF THOSE WHO APPARENTLY FORGOT GENERAL GREENE, ONE OF THE HEROES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. OBVIOUSLY, THE "BROADSTREETERS" WON OUT.
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Thursday, July 10, 2008
1876: WHY BROAD STREET IS NOT GREENE STREET
MANY CITIZENS WERE COMPLETELY AGAINST CHANGING THE NAME OF GREENE STREET TO BROAD STREET. IN THE CENTENNIAL YEAR OF 1976, MANY QUESTIONED THE MOTIVES AND PATRIOTISM OF THOSE WHO APPARENTLY FORGOT GENERAL GREENE, ONE OF THE HEROES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. OBVIOUSLY, THE "BROADSTREETERS" WON OUT.
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