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
"I wonder myself what took so long," said retired Lt. Gen. Tom Bostick, 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...
These are the 10 US military bases still named after Confederate soldiersDaniel Brown
The bases were named for such figures asRobert E. Leeof Virginia, who commanded the Confederate Army;Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregardof Louisiana, whose troops shelled Fort Sumter in South Carolina on April 12, 1861, launching the Civil War; and John Brown Gordon of Georgia, whohisto...
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'). ...
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. ...
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Military Bases in Kentucky – Final Thoughts Many of thearmed forces installations in Kentuckyare open to visitors. In some cases, you may need to call ahead to arrange for someone to escort you. If you are lucky, you may be able to witness a training presentation or another type of speci...
an artillery training ground named for the Confederate general Braxton Bragg. A reckoning with the installation’s namesake’s lackluster military career landed Fort Bragg on the list of bases to be renamed, and the only name that was found agreeable to both the Airborne and Special Operations co...
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