Wyoming residents in odds over the decision to change the name of ‘Swastika Lake’

Over a year after Wyoming’s “Swastika Lake” was changed its name to “Knight Lake”, a local society remains divided over the change.

The lake’s name was officially changed in January 2024 due to the Swastika -Symbol’s band to Nazi -Germany. Still told some local residents Cowboy State daily They believe that the name should have been held, as the symbol preceded the Nazis and has different meanings in other cultures.

“I think the lake’s name should never have changed,” Albany County Commission chairman Terri Jones, who voted against the name change, told the outlet.

“I think there should be a registration there and tell what the word” swastika “actually means,” the government worker explained further, leaving that she considered that the name changed robbed citizens of the opportunity to be trained about its deeper significance.

According to Association for Asian StudiesSwastika could be found in ancient buildings around Asia as a symbol of peace and good luck in cultures that practice Buddhism, including Jainism and Hinduism.

Kim wines, a member of Albany County Historical Society, told Cowboy State daily that the change of name was necessary because of the symbol’s related history.

He resembled it to Native American tribes that previously used the symbol before rejecting it after the Second World War.

“We (Historical Society) wanted it named after a prominent Albany County person,” wines to Cowboy State daily.

The Albany County Commission then proposed to rename the water body to honor the University of Wyoming Geologist and Paleontologist Samuel Howell Knight.

Wines added that it was Aunclear where the name “Swastika Lake” originates from.

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Other residents, including Amber Travsky, told Cowboy State daily That they were puzzled by the lake’s name – which is located in the Medicine Bow National Forest – before its change.

“I thought,“ Why would anyone name a lake like? “, She said to the outlet.” I might think that the lake is in the form of a swastika. But I came there and saw that it is not shaped so at all. ”