Elon Musk received short shrift after declaring the English Channel should be re-named after George Washington. One ...

A new name for the channel separating England and France,” Musk wrote, sharing a map labeled as the George Washington Channel. The English Channel, also known as the Strait of Dover in some regions, ...

It was here, in northeastern England, that the ancestors of America’s first president, George Washington, inherited the family name before emigrating to Virginia in 1656. It’s thousands of ...