The process of removing Confederate names from military bases and replacing them with new ones has started. The military's Naming Commission has announced the first 9 U.S. army bases to be renamed.
came in three parts, Part I was U.S. Army bases. Nine bases will face name changes including Fort Bragg, North Carolina, which was named after Braxton Bragg, a slave owning Confederate general known for his bad temper. Many historians have said Bragg was one of the worst generals of the Civil War, having lost most of his battles. Fort Bragg was named in 1918 during the Jim Crow era. The U.S.
Fort Gordon in Georgia becomes Fort Eisenhower after former President and General Dwight D. Eisenhower Kori Schake, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute served on the commission’s board. Schake told Fox News,"I actually think Polk, Picket and Hood can't hold a candle to the people that we named [these bases] for. It felt really important to those of us on the commission to be able to choose people that all Americans can draw inspiration from." Fort Gordon, Georgia, will now be Fort Eisenhower.
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