A blue-ribbon commission has recommended new names for nine bases named after Confederate leaders with Fort Bragg to be renamed Fort Liberty.
U.S. Flag Waves Over 10 Army Bases Proudly Named for Confederate Officers.All are located in former Confederate states, from Virginia to Texas.ThompsonMarkTime.com
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Congressionally mandated commission announced on Tuesday its recommendations for changes to the names of nine U.S. Army bases that currently honor the Confederacy and Confederate leaders. The recommended changes, if implemented, would name bases in ho...
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 ...
MORE: Fort Bragg to be renamed Fort Liberty among Army bases losing Confederate names: Exclusive The army post was also renamed in recognition of Lt. Col. Charity Adams, who paused her pursuit of a master's degree in psychology to serve in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps during World War...
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skip to main content u.s. army trump wants the army to keep celebrating america’s racist history the president claimed that military bases honoring confederate generals who lost the civil war are too important to america’s “history of winning, victory, and freedom” to rename. by alison ...