Editing Cape Canaveral (section)

=== Name changes ===
A post office in the area was built and listed in the [[United States Post Office Department|U.S. Post Office]] application as "Artesia" and retained this name from 1893 to 1954.<ref>Osborne 2008, p. 42</ref> It was "Port Canaveral" from 1954 to 1962, and then the City of Cape Canaveral from 1962 to 1963, when a larger post office was built.

In 1963, President [[Lyndon Johnson]] issued an [[executive order]] renaming the area "Cape Kennedy", after President [[John F. Kennedy]], who had set the goal of landing on the [[Moon]]. After Kennedy's assassination in November 1963, his widow, [[Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis|Jacqueline Kennedy]], suggested to Johnson that renaming the Cape Canaveral facility would be an appropriate memorial. Johnson recommended the renaming of the entire cape, announced in a televised address on November 28, 1963, six days after the assassination, on [[Thanksgiving (United States)|Thanksgiving]] evening.<ref name=itknow>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=U38eAAAAIBAJ&pg=1484%2C5225048|newspaper=Daytona Beach Morning Journal|location=Florida|agency=Associated Press|title=It's Cape Kennedy now |date=November 29, 1963|page=1}}</ref><ref name=ergnowck>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XPxVAAAAIBAJ&pg=6074%2C5282616|newspaper=Eugene Register-Guard|location=Florida|last=Webb |first=Alvin B. Jr.|agency=United Press International|title=Cape Canaveral now Cape Kennedy|date=November 29, 1963|page=4A}}</ref><ref name=renct>{{cite news|url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1963/11/29/page/1/article/u-s-hears-johnson-plea |newspaper=Chicago Tribune|last=Warden|first=Philip|title=Canaveral renamed for John F. Kennedy|date=November 29, 1963|page=1, sec. 1}}</ref><ref name=chtrb>{{cite news |url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1963/11/30/page/3/article/capes-space-center-named-for-kennedy|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|title=Cape's space center named for Kennedy|date=November 30, 1963|page=3, sec. 1}}</ref> Accordingly, Cape Canaveral was officially [[geographical renaming|renamed]] Cape Kennedy.<ref name=KSC/><ref name=ckremdesp>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=EIZHAAAAIBAJ&pg=4092%2C955393|newspaper=The Victoria Advocate|location=Texas|agency=Associated Press|title=Cape Kennedy remains despite the opposition|date=December 8, 1963|page=7A}}</ref> Kennedy's last visit to the space facility was on November 16, 1963, six days before his death;<ref name=ergpol>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=T_xVAAAAIBAJ&pg=4389%2C2766570|newspaper=Eugene Register-Guard|location=Oregon|agency=Associated Press|title=JFK views test firing of Polaris|date=November 16, 1963|page=1A}}</ref><ref name=sarohet>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rdoeAAAAIBAJ&pg=3986%2C4496300|newspaper=Sarasota Herald-Tribune|location=Florida|agency=United Press International|title=Kennedy watches firing|date=November 17, 1963|page=1}}</ref>
<ref name=smshacp>{{cite news|url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1963/11/17/page/1/article/stage-missile-show-at-cape-for-kennedy|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|last=Young|first=Robert|title=Stage missile show at Cape for Kennedy|date=November 17, 1963|page=1, sec. 1}}</ref> the [[Mercury-Atlas 9|final]] [[Project Mercury|Mercury]] mission had concluded six months earlier.

Although the name change was approved by the [[United States Board on Geographic Names|U.S. Board on Geographic Names]] of the [[United States Department of the Interior|Department of the Interior]] in December 1963,<ref>Osborne 2008, p. 88</ref> it was not popular in Florida from the outset,<ref name=ckremdesp/><ref name=cnchis>{{cite news|url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1963/11/30/page/3/article/canaverals-name-change-isnt-simple|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|agency=Associated Press|title=Canaveral's name change isn't simple|date=November 30, 1963|page=3, sec. 1}}</ref><ref name=sasfcnv>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=190pAAAAIBAJ&pg=790%2C6949330|newspaper=Daytona Beach Morning Journal|location=Florida|agency=Associated Press|title=Senators ask for Canaveral|date=November 26, 1970 |page=17}}</ref> especially in the bordering [[Cape Canaveral, Florida|city of Cape Canaveral]]. In May 1973, the [[Florida Legislature]] passed a law restoring the former 400-year-old name,<ref name=happr>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5fEpAAAAIBAJ&pg=4882%2C941965|newspaper=Daytona Beach Morning Journal|location=Florida|title=House approves renaming Cape Kennedy|date=May 19, 1973 |page=2A}}</ref><ref>Fla. S.B. 217, ch. 73-369 (1973)</ref> and the Board went along. The name restoration to Cape Canaveral became official on October 9, 1973.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lethbridge |first=Clifford J. |title=Cape History |url=https://www.spaceline.org/history-cape-canaveral/history-cape-canaveral-chapter-3/ |access-date=March 23, 2011 |website=Spaceline.org}}</ref><ref name=ckisncc>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=n41OAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fPoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7245%2C2691579 |work=Lakeland Ledger |location=(Florida) |agency=(Washington Post) |title=Cape Kennedy is now Cape Canaveral |date=October 10, 1973 |page=8A}}</ref> [[United States Senate|Senator]] [[Ted Kennedy]] had stated in 1970 that it was a matter to be decided by the citizens of Florida.<ref name=sasfcnv/> The [[Kennedy family]] issued a letter stating they "understood the decision". NASA's [[Kennedy Space Center]] retains the "Kennedy" name.<ref>{{cite web|title=Senate Hearing Slated on Renaming Cape|first=Clark|last=Hoyt|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SDfzw53OG5IC&dq=kennedy+family+understood+decision+to+change+cape+kennedy+to+cape+canaveral&pg=PA34|work=Miami Herald|date=February 16, 1972|access-date=November 23, 2022}}</ref>

The [[Project Gemini|Gemini]],<ref name=gsspspho>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qgBWAAAAIBAJ&pg=6902%2C1673489|work=Eugene Register-Guard|location=Oregon|agency=Associated Press |title=Gemini success spurs space hopes|date=April 9, 1964|page=2A}}</ref> [[Apollo program|Apollo]],<ref name=asllbgs>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JalVAAAAIBAJ&pg=1950%2C1636149 |newspaper=Eugene Register-Guard|location=Oregon|agency=Associated Press|title=Astronaut says: 'Little late, but good show!'|date=December 7, 1972|page=1A}}</ref> and the first [[Skylab]] missions were all launched while the area was named Cape Kennedy.<ref name=skluduetod>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=YeVVAAAAIBAJ&pg=3163%2C6410296|newspaper=Eugene-Register-Guard|location=Oregon|agency=wire services|title=Skylab linkup due today|date=July 28, 1973|page=1A}}</ref> The first crewed launch under the restored name of Cape Canaveral was [[Skylab&nbsp;4]], the final Skylab mission, on November 16, 1973.<ref name=sasetfo>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Z-MpAAAAIBAJ&pg=3778%2C4892|newspaper=Daytona Beach Morning Journal|location=Florida|title=Skylab astronauts set for 9:01 launch today|date=November 16, 1973 |page=1A}}</ref><ref name=sdcthrd>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=36dYAAAAIBAJ&pg=6498%2C5079|newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle|location=Washington|agency=Associated Press|title=Third Skylab crew fired aloft|date=November 16, 1973|page=1}}</ref>