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'P***y Move, Hegseth!': Jordan Klepper Taunts Defense Secretary After 'Weird' Idea
1 month ago

'P***y Move, Hegseth!': Jordan Klepper Taunts Defense Secretary After 'Weird' Idea

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Hegseth this week changed the name of North Caroline’s Fort Liberty to Fort Bragg, which had been the name of the Army base until 2023, when it was changed to stop honoring Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg. So after all that bitching about not giving into ‘woke history,’ you’re basically admitting that we shouldn’t name military bases after …

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Trump’s renaming spree continues as Pete Hegseth refers to Fort Liberty as ‘Fort Bragg’
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Trump’s renaming spree continues as Pete Hegseth refers to Fort Liberty as ‘Fort Bragg’

The Independent  

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'Change it back': Trump defense pick wants to name bases after Confederate generals again
2 months ago

'Change it back': Trump defense pick wants to name bases after Confederate generals again

Raw Story  

Trump Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth has in the past raged against efforts to change the names of military bases named after Confederate generals — and has even floated bringing the old names back. CNN reports that Hegseth just last year said that the government should change the name of Fort Liberty in North Carolina back to Fort Bragg …

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Good News About Those Military Bases Named After Confederate Officers
1 year, 8 months ago

Good News About Those Military Bases Named After Confederate Officers

Slate  

A cultural revolution has been sweeping through the U.S. Army—and the remarkable thing is it’s barely been noticed, as a deeper revolution had already taken hold very quietly. Lt. Gen. Arthur Gregg volunteered for the Army in 1946, organized its supply networks amid the devastation of postwar Germany and Japan, and spent the next 35 years doing the same at …

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Army renames Louisiana base for Black World War I hero who ‘broke the German morale’
1 year, 9 months ago

Army renames Louisiana base for Black World War I hero who ‘broke the German morale’

LA Times  

The U.S. Army’s former Ft. Polk in western Louisiana is now Ft. Johnson, named for a Black World War I hero. William Henry Johnson, a Black hero of World War I who received the Medal of Honor nearly a century later. “His frantic attacks broke the German morale and the enemy raiding party retreated,” the museum’s biography of Johnson says. …

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Army renames Louisiana base for Black WWI hero who received Medal of Honor
1 year, 9 months ago

Army renames Louisiana base for Black WWI hero who received Medal of Honor

Associated Press  

— A U.S. Army base in western Louisiana was renamed Tuesday to honor Sgt. William Henry Johnson, a Black hero of World War I who received the Medal of Honor nearly a century later. The renaming is part of the U.S. military’s efforts to address historic racial injustice — work that included changing the names of nine Army posts that …

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DeSantis pledges to restore name of notorious Confederate general Braxton Bragg to Fort Liberty
1 year, 9 months ago

DeSantis pledges to restore name of notorious Confederate general Braxton Bragg to Fort Liberty

The Independent  

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Fort Bragg drops Confederate namesake for Fort Liberty, part of US Army base rebranding
1 year, 9 months ago

Fort Bragg drops Confederate namesake for Fort Liberty, part of US Army base rebranding

The Independent  

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Fort Liberty: US army base Fort Bragg drops Confederate namesake
1 year, 9 months ago

Fort Liberty: US army base Fort Bragg drops Confederate namesake

Al Jazeera  

Change comes as US continues to grapple with prevalence of statues and sites honouring members of Confederacy. Fort Bragg has shed its Confederate namesake to become Fort Liberty in a ceremony that some veterans said was a small but important step in making the United States Army more welcoming to current and prospective Black service members. Retired US Army Brigadier …

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Army officially designates Fort Moore, dropping Confederate name Benning
1 year, 10 months ago

Army officially designates Fort Moore, dropping Confederate name Benning

Associated Press  

FORT MOORE, Ga. — The Army’s training hub in Georgia was renamed Fort Moore during a ceremony Thursday, replacing the name of a Confederate officer that had adorned the base for more than a century with that of a decorated Vietnam War commander and his wife. The post commander, Maj. Gen. Curtis Buzzard, welcomed attendees for the first time to …

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Army officially designates Fort Moore, dropping Confederate name Benning
1 year, 10 months ago

Army officially designates Fort Moore, dropping Confederate name Benning

The Independent  

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Fort Hood Should Be Renamed After The 1st Hispanic 4-Star General, Lawmakers Say
3 years, 5 months ago

Fort Hood Should Be Renamed After The 1st Hispanic 4-Star General, Lawmakers Say

NPR  

Fort Hood Should Be Renamed After The 1st Hispanic 4-Star General, Lawmakers Say A group of Latino lawmakers wants the Biden administration to rename Fort Hood in Texas after the country's first Hispanic American promoted to four-star general. The Congressional Hispanic Caucus recommended that Fort Hood, one of the country's largest military installations, be renamed in honor of the late …

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Virginia contends with Confederate names on side streets
3 years, 7 months ago

Virginia contends with Confederate names on side streets

Associated Press  

McLEAN, Va. — It came as a surprise to Mottrom Drive resident Beau Fitzpatrick that he lives on a street named for a Confederate soldier. Mottrom Drive is among scores of side streets identified last year by a Fairfax County commission tasked with ferreting out forgotten names of the Confederacy. Loudoun County solicited the public for new names for John …

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Confederate Robert E Lee’s racist legacy fuels US renaming push
3 years, 9 months ago

Confederate Robert E Lee’s racist legacy fuels US renaming push

Al Jazeera  

In the wake of racial justice protests, monuments and institutions honouring Lee are being reimagined or repurposed. Thousands of children are educated at schools named after Lee; “Robert E Lee Day” is still celebrated every January in a handful of states, and the late general’s likeness appears on monuments and memorials in dozens of cities. “There is a difference between …

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POC history quietly wins a spotlight on National Trust’s 2021 endangered places list
3 years, 9 months ago

POC history quietly wins a spotlight on National Trust’s 2021 endangered places list

LA Times  

Built in 1862, the Trujillo Adobe is one of the oldest known buildings in Riverside. Since its start in 1988, the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s annual endangered places list has spotlighted more than 300 historic sites across America at risk for destruction or irreparable damage, ranging from the National Mall Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C., to Civil War battlefields …

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More than 160 Confederate symbols removed in 2020 after death of George Floyd
4 years ago

More than 160 Confederate symbols removed in 2020 after death of George Floyd

The Independent  

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Racial justice movement a factor for 5 state ballot measures
4 years, 5 months ago

Racial justice movement a factor for 5 state ballot measures

Associated Press  

The Black Lives Matter movement isn’t named in any of the 120 statewide ballot measures up for a vote on Nov. 3. Elsewhere, the topics include a replacement for Mississippi’s Confederate-themed state flag, a proposed change in Rhode Island’s official name to remove the word “plantations,” and efforts in Nebraska and Utah to strip language from the state constitutions providing …

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Street honoring Confederate icon renamed for HBCU president
4 years, 6 months ago

Street honoring Confederate icon renamed for HBCU president

Associated Press  

NEW ORLEANS — A New Orleans thoroughfare named for the former president of the Confederacy will be renamed next year to honor a local civil rights icon and longtime president of a historically Black university, the City Council decided Thursday. In a statement, the university’s current President Reynold Verret said Francis “always knew that education is the pathway to social …

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Trump heard asking if Robert E Lee base will keep its name
4 years, 7 months ago

Trump heard asking if Robert E Lee base will keep its name

Daily Mail  

President Donald Trump was caught on speakerphone asking for assurance from a top GOP lawmaker that a Virginia military base would remain named for Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. Trump was asking for assurance from Inhofe that a military base would remain named after Robert E. Lee Sen. Jim Inhofe told President Donald Trump that he would 'make it happen,' …

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Congress moves forward in face of Trump veto threat to remove Confederate names from bases
4 years, 7 months ago

Congress moves forward in face of Trump veto threat to remove Confederate names from bases

CNN  

CNN — Brushing aside President Donald Trump’s veto threat, the House and Senate marched forward this week with plans rename military bases named after Confederate leaders, teeing up a showdown with the President later this year. The provisions requiring the names of the bases to be changed – the Senate’s bill gives the Pentagon three years, while the House requires …

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Trump Continues To Oppose Renaming Military Bases Honoring Confederates
4 years, 7 months ago

Trump Continues To Oppose Renaming Military Bases Honoring Confederates

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING In an interview aired on Sunday, Donald Trump again expressed support for symbols honoring the Confederacy, and upheld a previous threat to cut critical funding authorized for the military if officials decide to rename bases that currently commemorate Confederate generals. "I don't care what the military says" -- Trump dismisses military's support for renaming bases named after …

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Pentagon to ban all Confederate flags on military bases despite Trump's objections
4 years, 7 months ago

Pentagon to ban all Confederate flags on military bases despite Trump's objections

The Independent  

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Trump's top general appears to contradict president on military bases named for Confederates
4 years, 8 months ago

Trump's top general appears to contradict president on military bases named for Confederates

The Independent  

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Pentagon chief: US should take ‘hard look’ at Confederate symbols
4 years, 8 months ago

Pentagon chief: US should take ‘hard look’ at Confederate symbols

Al Jazeera  

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff calls for ‘rational, mature discussion’ about bases named for Civil War icons. The top general in the United States said on Thursday the military had to take a “hard look” at symbols of the Confederacy – including the names of bases – and said he had recommended a commission to look at the …

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