a member of The Naming Commission, charged with renaming Army bases named in honor of Confederate generals. "What was galling is that we would still in this day and age have names of bases that represented traitors, who fought against their country and for the purpose of slavery." ...
The backstory:Inhofe leveled with Trump — over speakerphone while walking through the Senate’s Russell Building — that the bill won’t meet his demand to repeal liability protections for tech companies, or block efforts to re-title military bases named for Confederate figures. The Washington Pos...
Fort Gordon was named for Major Gen. John Gordon, who served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War and was considered one of Robert E. Lee's most trusted generals. After the Civil War, he served as a U.S. senator and governor of Georgia. The new name honors President Dwight D...
There were many important confederate generals and commanders during the American Civil War. Some, like Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, and Nathan
right of states and local governments of having control of policing. 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” ...
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