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Revolutionary France went to extreme lengths to remove all references to monarchy and religion in names. Streets, squares, towns, people, animals and even the months of the year had their names changed. Why did Louisiana - names after Louis XIV - not change?

by /u/zerodarkshirty in /r/AskHistorians

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