The U.S. Army is stripping the names of Confederate generals from bases like Fort Pickett in Virginia, named after George Pickett, who led the rebels' final charge at the Battle of Gettysburg and was later accused of war crimes. The names of nine Ar
These are the 10 US military bases still named after Confederate soldiersDaniel Brown
Three U.S. military bases have been named after these Confederate leaders (clockwise): Gen. John B. Hood, Gen. Pierre Beauregard and Maj. Gen. John B. Gordon. (National Archives) In the debate over Confederate symbols in the U.S., the10 Army basesnamed afterConfederate general...
It was several weeks ago when Congress added a provision to a massive defense spending bill known as the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would rename military bases named after Confederate leaders. In a rare display of bipartisanship on a hot-button...
Bases such as Fort Pickett, named after Gen. George Pickett, who led the famous last charge of the Confederates at the Battle of Gettysburg. Billie Coleburn, the former mayor of Blackstone, Virginia (the town nearest Fort Pickett) and editor of the local paper, said, "Here in rural south...
In October, Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III, approved the renaming of nine military bases. This was a result of recent public outcry that some US bases were still named after those who served in the Confederate States of America (commonly referred to as the 'Confederacy'). ...
Many rioters also had something else in common as they sought to upend the government in an insurrection that bristled with Confederate flags, racist symbols and conspiracy theories: They were ex-members of the military and police or actively employed by the armed services and law enforcement. ...
Add-ons to the demands kept piling up, like renaming military installations named after Confederate generals and removal of all sorts of statues (not only Confederate ones) that offended the sensibilities of some “oppressed” group. In a couple recent posts I mentioned Ben Crump and CAIR in ...
The Marine Corps last week moved ahead with a ban on public displays of the Confederate Army battle flag on its bases, and the Navy this week said it plans a similar ban for its bases, ships and planes. Trump has not commented publicly on those moves, which do not require White House ...
There are 27 military bases in Virginia. Every single service branch has at least one base in VA. Learn more about each Virginian base below.