The University of Massachusetts and the town in which its main campus resides, Amherst. Amherst, MA was named after Lord Jeffery Amherst who, during the French & Indian War, gave smallpox infected blankets to Indians in order to eliminate the "problem". At the time he was hailed as a hero to Americans in general and Massachusetts settlers in particular (Amherst College's team knickname is The Lord Jeffs). A few years ago residents of that little "peoples' republic" tried to change the name of the town because they felt that it was wrong to honor someone who promoted genocide. With the aid of hindsight its easy to say what he did was wrong, but the action was very much welcomed in the 1760's. I'm not sure, but I believe that action is still pending.
At UMass, the knickname of the athletic teams was once The Redmen but the PC forces of that left-wing institution followed the tide of name changes and now the teams are called The Minutemen. After several years with that name and logo, the minority students at UMass protested that the minuteman was nothing more than "another white man with a gun" and demanded it be changed tohonor the grey wolf. An ensuing vote cancelled that notion but it was agreed to change the logo from the musket carrying militiaman to an almost Hannah-Barbera cartoon figure with his musket slung over his shoulder. Actually he kinda looks like the cartoon rendition of "Brom Bones" from the Disney cartoon, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow".
