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To: Slapshot68

Because the Dutch lost it to the British.


6 posted on 05/15/2008 9:07:50 AM PDT by MrLee (Sha'alu Shalom Yerushalyim!! God bless Eretz Israel.)
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To: MrLee

The Dutch never “lost” New York. They saw better business in that location under the British. Strictly a business move to rename the place.


8 posted on 05/15/2008 9:10:06 AM PDT by bvw
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