Fort Johnson had previously been named after a Confederate commander, Leonidas Polk. The renaming is part of the U.S. military’s efforts toaddress historic racial injustice— work that included changing the names of nine Army posts that commemorated Confederate officers. “Sgt....
The 10 Army bases named for Confederate leaders are: Fort Bragg in North Carolina, Camp Beauregard and Fort Polk in Louisiana, Fort Benning and Fort Gordon in Georgia, Fort Rucker in Alabama, Fort Hood in Texas, and Fort A.P. Hill, Fort Lee and Fort Pickett in Virginia. In a lengthy ...
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Trump vehemently defended the practice of naming military bases after Confederate generals on Twitter Wednesday, claiming that changing the names to instead honor military heroes who did not fight to uphold slavery would dishonor America’s “heritage.” “These Monumental and very Powerful Bases have...
The move comes after Defense Secretary Lloyd Austinlast year approvedremoving the names of Confederates from nine military bases, including Fort Rucker in southeast Alabama. The Pentagon since the racial reckoning over the2020 death of George Floydin police custody has opted togive bases new names“...