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Week of August 22, 2021

City Folk

A few North American cities named after people:

Sunday

Seattle, Washington – named for Chief Seattle, Native American leader

Monday

Vancouver, British Columbia – named for Captain George Vancouver, British explorer

Tuesday

Juarez, Mexico – named for Mexican president Benito Juarez

Wednesday

Nashville, Tennessee – named for Francis Nash, hero of the American Revolutionary War

Thursday

Alberta, Canada – named for Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, daughter of Queen Victoria

Friday

Berkeley, California – named for philosopher George Berkeley

Saturday

Raleigh, North Carolina – named for explorer Sir Walter Raleigh