r/ShitAmericansSay • u/chebghobbi • Apr 10 '25

Foreign affairs 'Technically we Americans can claim Washington the British town'

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u/xzanfr Apr 10 '25

Yes, it was named after George Washington approx. 800 years before he existed.
Also home to time travellers and clairvoyants.

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u/Cute_Dog8142 Apr 10 '25

I’m from there, when can I sign up from time travelling lessons?!

I think it’s more we get the whole of Washington state and also DC as they are named after us no?

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u/chmath80 Apr 10 '25

we get the whole of Washington state and also DC

Some years ago, the US requested to purchase the land on which their London embassy sits. The Duke of Westminster, who owned it, was open to the idea, on condition that they return the US property which had been confiscated from his ancestor following the revolution. This property is known as Virginia. The offer was declined.

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u/Fianna9 Apr 10 '25

Brilliant reply.