https://freerepublic.com/tag/lynchfamily/ en-us Sat, 22 Jul 2017 16:15:45 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3571158/posts The national movement to change racially offensive names of buildings, sports teams and landmarks will soon touch a group of schools in southeast Portland. Lynch Meadows, Lynch Wood and Lynch View elementary schools will shed their "Lynch" before the upcoming school year in response to growing concern about the word's racial connotations. The schools, part of the Centennial School District, were named for the Lynch family, which donated land over a century ago to build the first of the schools. But Centennial Superintendent Paul Coakley says many newer families coming into the district associate the name with America's violent racial... The Oregonian https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3571158/posts#comment Sat, 22 Jul 2017 16:15:45 GMT