Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Every other American city did but Pittsburgh. Does that mean the city supported the Nazis or why else would they keep the H?|||The primary reason for the H on Pittsburgh is due to the large amount of Dutch (Germans) in the region when Pennsylvania was founded. And Pennsylvania still has plenty of "Pennsylvania Dutch" or Amish people living in the region. It's a tribute to the city's roots, not a any sort of Nazi intentions my goodness. Why would we choose to deny our heritage? When Pittsburgh was founded, such a concept as Nazism wouldn't even be founded for another 150 years. Pittsburgh was one of our country's most important cities during WWII as it was responsible for the majority of steel production in the entire United States. At one point during the war, the city of Pittsburgh was outputting more steel than the entire nation of Germany.
And aside from all of that, Pittsburgh had and still has a very large and thriving Jewish community. Not only are you drawing lines that should not be drawn. You are drawing lines between concepts that aren't even based in fact. Please do a bit more research before you throw around terms like Nazism.|||because they wanted to keep their name as Pittsburgh. If you have an H in your name is does not mean you support hitler.|||Every other American city did huh? Ok, so I guess Plattsburgh, NY doesn't count then. It's only been a city since 1902, long before WWII began.
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