President Donald Trump announced the name of Alaska’s highest peak — and North America’s tallest at over 20,000 feet — Denali, would be changed back to Mount McKinley. Trump was sworn in as the 47th ...
Originally known as Mount McKinley, named after the 19th-century Republican president, it was renamed Denali in 2015 to honor Alaska’s indigenous people ...
but he dropped that notion after Alaska's senators objected. President Donald Trump announced on Monday plans to sign an executive order to change the name of the highest mountain in North America, ...
(Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon) President Donald Trump announced the name of Alaska’s highest peak — and North America’s tallest at over 20,000 ... decision on Denali,” Murkowski said in a ...
The president made the name change through one of dozens of executive orders he signed on Monday. Former President Barack Obama’s administration ordered that the mountain be renamed as Denali in 2015.