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To: DUMBGRUNT

Fuquay-Varina! Fuquay-Varina? Fuquay-Varina.
I’ll be damned, learn a new location damn near every day.
I assume this comes from the French 2-3 centuries ago?


8 posted on 07/30/2022 9:33:01 AM PDT by Tupelo (Don't under estimate the Republicans ability to f*** things up)
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To: Tupelo
It has been since shorted to Farina.


31 posted on 07/30/2022 10:30:32 AM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: Tupelo
Varina was Jefferson Davis' second wife's name. (His first wife, the daughter of the future President Zachary Taylor, died a few months after they were married.)

That may have nothing to do with the name of the airport.

81 posted on 07/30/2022 6:24:48 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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