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https://sports.yahoo.com/george-washington-university-announces-new-revolutionaries-nickname-043228786.html (https://sports.yahoo.com/george-washington-university-announces-new-revolutionaries-nickname-043228786.html)
George Washington University finally has its new name.
The school’s athletic teams will now be known as the Revolutionaries, the school announced on Wednesday. That moniker replaces the Colonials, which had been the university’s nickname since 1926.
The school will keep its mascot, George 1, and the same school colors.
Students first voted to remove the Colonials nickname in 2019, and they presented a petition to the school the following year. Colonials, the petition said, “were active purveyors of colonialism and were complicit in militarized and radicalized violence, oppression and hierarchy,” per The New York Times.
Last year, the university announced plans to finally ditch the name, as it could no longer unify the student body, alumni and others associated with George Washington.
Among other finalists were the “Ambassadors,” the “Sentinels,” the “Revolutionaries” and the “Blue Fog.”
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