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U.S. military finishes renaming bases that previously honored Confederates
CBS News ^ | OCTOBER 27, 2023 / 1:43 PM / | BY ELEANOR WATSON

Posted on 10/27/2023 10:54:12 AM PDT by Red Badger

POLITICS U.S. military finishes renaming bases that previously honored Confederates BY ELEANOR WATSON

UPDATED ON: OCTOBER 27, 2023 / 1:43 PM / CBS NEWS

The Army has finished renaming nine installations that previously honored confederate generals with the redesignation Friday of Fort Gordon in Georgia to Fort Eisenhower.

The Defense Department has until the end of the year to complete the recommendations of the congressionally mandated Naming Commission. The Naming Commission was tasked with identifying items in the U.S. military named after figures from the confederacy.

The commission's final recommendations included renaming nine installations across the country named after Confederate generals.

Fort Gordon, in Augusta, Georgia, is the last installation to receive its new name. The redesignation to Fort Eisenhower took place in an official ceremony Friday morning.

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. Eisenhower, who also led the D-Day invasion of Normandy in World War II as an Army five-star general.

In its recommendation for the new name, the Naming Commission said, "Eisenhower's extensive military experience as a combined and allied commander, and as a U.S. President symbolizes the professionalism, excellence, and joint nature of the base's mission."

The installation is the home of the U.S. Army's Signal Corps, Cyber Command, and Cyber Center of Excellence.

It is also where Eisenhower delivered his farewell remarks to the U.S. military after departing the presidency and retiring from national service in 1961, according to the Naming Commission.

These are the other eight installations that have received new names:

Fort Benning, Georgia – renamed Fort Moore after Lt. Gen. Hal and Julia Moore.

Fort Bragg, North Carolina – renamed Fort Liberty after the value of liberty.

Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia. – renamed Fort Walker after Dr. Mary Walker.

Fort Hood, Texas – renamed Fort Cavazos after Gen. Richard Cavazos.

Fort Lee, Virginia – renamed Fort Gregg-Adams after Lt. Gen. Arthur Gregg and Lt. Col. Charity Adams.

Fort Pickett, Virginia – renamed Fort Barfoot after Tech. Sgt. Van T. Barfoot.

Fort Polk, Louisiana. – renamed Fort Johnson after Sgt. William Henry Johnson.

Fort Rucker, Alabama – renamed Fort Novosel after Chief Warrant Officer 4 Michael J. Novosel, Sr.

In addition to renaming the nine installations, the Naming Commission recommended renaming hundreds of other items, including streets and buildings on military installations.

The Army, the service branch with the most items to rename or remove, has redesignated all existing streets that were named for individuals who voluntarily served the Confederate States of America, according to an Army spokesperson. The U.S. The Postal Service updated its systems to ensure mail delivery won't be disrupted.

By Jan. 1, 2024, the Army plans to complete its re-designations of these buildings and other real property assets.

The Naming Commission estimated it would cost about $62.5 million to implement all of its recommendations across the military.


TOPICS: Education; History; Military/Veterans; Society
KEYWORDS: confederates; erasinghistory; memoryhole; obamalegacy
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To: Red Badger

I don’t know about the rest of you, but I am certain our nation and people are safer knowing history is constantly edited and revised by our trustees?


21 posted on 10/27/2023 11:06:44 AM PDT by blackdog ((Z28.310) My dog Sam eats purple flowers.)
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To: Red Badger

What is funny about this is that all those confederates were democrats!


22 posted on 10/27/2023 11:07:54 AM PDT by CodeToad (Rule#1: The elites want you dead.)
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To: outofsalt

They more or less screwed the pooch with renaming Fort A.P. Hill. Renamed it after a Dr. Mary Walker, not to be confused with Confederate General John George Walker, Confederate General James A. Walker or Confederate General William Stephen Walker. LOL.


23 posted on 10/27/2023 11:11:06 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Don't be an attention ho. Country Music Stars aren't given Grammys by the retarded, "woke" left. )
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To: Red Badger

Very important use of military budget! /s


24 posted on 10/27/2023 11:11:47 AM PDT by EinNYC
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To: CodeToad

This is grand news. Everything is going to be better now.


25 posted on 10/27/2023 11:13:42 AM PDT by Robwin ( )
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To: Red Badger

Have they renamed the Democrat Party yet? They were the reason we had a Civil War in the first place. Thanks to their devious ability to frame the narrative we call it a war between North and South rather than the First Democrat-Republican War as it should be.


26 posted on 10/27/2023 11:14:28 AM PDT by Nateman (If Mohammad was not the Anti Christ Mad Moe definitely comes in as a Strong second.)
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To: Red Badger
The Naming Commission estimated it would cost about $62.5 million to implement all of its recommendations across the military.

I guess they didn't figure out how much it was going to cost the civilians. I guess they figured they could go screw themselves.

27 posted on 10/27/2023 11:14:39 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Don't be an attention ho. Country Music Stars aren't given Grammys by the retarded, "woke" left. )
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To: Bonemaker

Criminal.
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Much worse. Were veterans ever consulted ? NO. Bragg will always be Bragg, Bennington always Bennington….hours of memories at those bases, every time I see the new names I will be reminded how traitorous, corrupted and immoral this administration is/was.


28 posted on 10/27/2023 11:15:03 AM PDT by delta7
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To: Red Badger

Fort RuPaul.


29 posted on 10/27/2023 11:15:13 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: PGR88
Lenin will never get his own Fort Name - he’s old-school Marxist, Russian, and a white male

Fort Patrice Lumumba. Even the Soviets named a University after him.

30 posted on 10/27/2023 11:16:32 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: delta7

Roger that!


31 posted on 10/27/2023 11:16:37 AM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: Red Badger

Disgusting. Why would anyone recommend the military to their child anymore. It’s a bunch of globalists and perverts completely disconnected from, and actively insulting their heritage.


32 posted on 10/27/2023 11:21:22 AM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
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To: Red Badger

This collapse needs to just hurry up, we are NOT going to make it.


33 posted on 10/27/2023 11:25:17 AM PDT by GrumpyOldGuy
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To: Red Badger
Do these woke a-holes believe that the 10's of thousands of volunteers killed/maimed fighting for the Confederacy were fighting to keep their own personal slaves? How many of those foot soldiers actually owned a slave besides the brass? Does no one remember it was also an economic war between the oppressive industrial North and the agricultural South regarding States' Rights? Or do I have that wrong?

The above said, I'm glad slavery was ended. It was a horrid institution.

34 posted on 10/27/2023 11:26:16 AM PDT by A Navy Vet (USA Birth Certificate - 1787. Death Certificate - 2021? )
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To: delta7

“... be reminded how traitorous, corrupted and immoral this administration...”

Ironic how the hundreds of roads, a few bridges, signs, and endless schools were renamed after Hussein’s terms. Most were in run-down areas and definitely not half-white. LOL


35 posted on 10/27/2023 11:30:51 AM PDT by quantim (Victory is not relative, it is absolute. )
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To: Boogieman

“I look forward to the day that our recruits can be trained at Fort Yasser Arafat, Fort Che Guevara, and Fort Vladimir Lenin”


You left out Harvey Milk


36 posted on 10/27/2023 11:35:23 AM PDT by chuckb87
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To: ABN 505
Disgusting! Ft.Liberty is a name that will never cross my lips!

They can pretty well KMA. Ft Bragg it was, is and will always be.

37 posted on 10/27/2023 11:35:26 AM PDT by BlackbirdSST (Trump or Bust! Long live the Republic.)
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To: chuckb87
You left out Harvey Milk

Navy already named a ship for him.

38 posted on 10/27/2023 11:36:11 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Red Badger
If renaming, should have gone with Major Edwin H. Armstrong. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Howard_Armstrong

US Signal Corps star and inventor of FM modulation, superheterodyne and regen radios - technology now used by just about everyone.

39 posted on 10/27/2023 11:36:36 AM PDT by ASOC (This space for rent)
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To: Red Badger

This will all be corrected soon! Communism always fails!


40 posted on 10/27/2023 11:37:48 AM PDT by Highest Authority (DemonRats are pure EVIL)
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