DakotaHale Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 I never actually knew this. @vcczar has been hiding this from us for years. https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/is-washington-a-square 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrangeP47 Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 Yeah there was a ton of drama over this fact in the 1840s and 50s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnewt Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 I actually thought it still was. I guess when I see it on a map, the straight, perpendicular sides stick out in my memory and make me (mis-)remember the other sides the same way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rezi Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 I knew, but I'm not sure if Yuo did. I'll be sure to ask him next time I see him. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Euri Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 There's no loud exasperated groan reaction so I'll go with the next best thing 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DakotaHale Posted October 20, 2023 Author Share Posted October 20, 2023 No way in hell I'm the only person who didn't know this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrangeP47 Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 The whole point was to take land from two states not just one to make it fair... which is why it's dumb they gave Virginia their piece back -Today's edition of Orange being mad about things that happened over 100 years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pringles Posted October 21, 2023 Share Posted October 21, 2023 It’s hip to be square 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rezi Posted October 21, 2023 Share Posted October 21, 2023 4 hours ago, OrangeP47 said: The whole point was to take land from two states not just one to make it fair... which is why it's dumb they gave Virginia their piece back -Today's edition of Orange being mad about things that happened over 100 years ago. I’m still mad that we didn’t put it on the Delaware River. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vcczar Posted October 21, 2023 Share Posted October 21, 2023 17 hours ago, DakotaHale said: No way in hell I'm the only person who didn't know this I think I first learned about it in undergrad. In a book. I know it was before using the internet to learn about history was normalized. This would have been c. 2001. A that point, I used the internet primarily for instant news, email, and forums kind of like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pilight Posted October 21, 2023 Share Posted October 21, 2023 I learned this back in Middle School. It was right before we learned about the Battles of Manassas and the Monitor & the Virginia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cenzonico Posted October 27, 2023 Share Posted October 27, 2023 I always assumed it was a square shape, I'll be honest. It just made sense looking at it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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