CAIR Welcomes Virginia Town’s Decision to Drop Confederate Name for Reservoir

(WASHINGTON, D.C., 10/12/2022) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed a vote by the Culpeper Town Council in Virginia to change the name of its main reservoir, which was named after a Confederate artillery officer. What was Lake Pelham is now Lake Culpeper. The council voted … Continue reading CAIR Welcomes Virginia Town’s Decision to Drop Confederate Name for Reservoir