PENNSYLVANIA (WTAJ) \u2014 Geography lesson plans may continue to change if another Great Lake is renamed this year.<\/p>\n
“Pennsylvania has only one Great Lake. Maybe it is time we put our name on it,” said Rep. David Maloney Sr. (R-Berks) in a memo<\/a> circulated to all House members Sept. 9.<\/p>\n The representative says he plans to introduce a resolution urging federal officials, including the President, Congress, and the United States Secretary of the Interior, to take the steps necessary to rename Lake Erie as\u00a0“Lake Pennsylvania.”<\/p>\n \u00a0Trump signs order renaming Lake Ontario as ‘Lake America’ in the United States\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n The representative cites the reason for the proposed name change as a matter of modern identity. Get the latest news, weather forecasts and sports stories delivered straight to your inbox! Sign up for our newsletters<\/a>.<\/p>\n The resolution connected to this memo has not yet been introduced.<\/p>\n
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“Every summer, Pennsylvanians head toward the lake\u2014north on I-79 from western Pennsylvania, west on I-80 from central and eastern Pennsylvania, and along connecting highways from every corner of the Commonwealth\u2014with boats, fishing gear and families in tow,” said Maloney Sr. “They spend the weekend on Pennsylvania’s Great Lake shoreline and return home Sunday to communities across the Commonwealth.”<\/p>\n