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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: dfwgator

You left out Harvey Milk
Navy already named a ship for him.

Are you serious? Our military is screwed.


41 posted on 10/27/2023 11:41:28 AM PDT by chuckb87
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To: ASOC
technology now used by just about everyone.

As an old ham and former Navy comms officer I have to report that the world has moved on to software defined radio.

42 posted on 10/27/2023 11:45:54 AM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: FlingWingFlyer

The resulting confusion.
How much damage will that cause?


43 posted on 10/27/2023 11:54:53 AM PDT by AZJeep
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To: Red Badger
A lot of bases might still be named for people who are "problematic" for reasons other than that they were Confederates.

Some of the Revolutionary War heroes owned slaves, for one thing.

More recent famous names might well have said something on the record uncomplimentary about homosexuals.

etc

Maybe they will end up numbering the bases.

44 posted on 10/27/2023 11:59:32 AM PDT by Salman (It's not a slippery slope if it was part of the program all along. )
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To: Red Badger
A lot of bases might still be named for people who are "problematic" for reasons other than that they were Confederates.

Some of the Revolutionary War heroes owned slaves, for one thing.

More recent famous names might well have said something on the record uncomplimentary about homosexuals.

etc

Maybe they will end up numbering the bases.

45 posted on 10/27/2023 11:59:33 AM PDT by Salman (It's not a slippery slope if it was part of the program all along. )
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To: Salman

I’m not a big fan of naming bases and ships after people in the first place.

They used to name ships after the names of States.


46 posted on 10/27/2023 12:00:52 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Salman

Post 13...................


47 posted on 10/27/2023 12:02:51 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: A Navy Vet

The war between the states was an economic war between the oppressive industrial North and the agricultural South regarding States’ Rights. Abraham Lincoln made slavery a cause to get behind 2 years into the war because of draft riots in the Northern cities. The Northern soldiers didn’t have a cause to fight for. The Southerners did.


48 posted on 10/27/2023 12:04:21 PM PDT by Texas resident (Biden=Obama=Jarrett=Soros)
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To: Salman

Well, I would be all in favor of seeing a Ft. Jackson-Lee.

:-D


49 posted on 10/27/2023 12:14:39 PM PDT by Liberty Ship ("Lord, make me fast and accurate.")
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To: Texas resident; BroJoeK; rockrr
Abraham Lincoln made slavery a cause to get behind 2 years into the war because of draft riots in the Northern cities.

The big draft riots happened after the Emancipation Proclamation.

The Northern soldiers didn’t have a cause to fight for.

The flag. The country. The union. The Constitution. Those things mattered a lot in the 19th century.

The Southerners did.

Southern soldiers came to wonder just what they were fighting for and whether it was all worth it.

50 posted on 10/27/2023 12:15:21 PM PDT by x
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To: Red Badger

Absolutely disgusting, and the military wonders why their recruitment levels are so low.....


51 posted on 10/27/2023 12:22:45 PM PDT by ducttape45 (Proverbs 14:34, "Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.")
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To: chuckb87

The did name a ship after him.


52 posted on 10/27/2023 1:00:15 PM PDT by Bull Snipe
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To: Red Badger

Well, isn’t that nice.


53 posted on 10/27/2023 1:00:43 PM PDT by Delta 21 (If anyone is treasonous, it is those who call me such.)
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To: Red Badger
Still More #Dem_Insanity!
54 posted on 10/27/2023 1:07:15 PM PDT by Texas Fossil (Texas is not about where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind and Attitude.)
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To: Liberty Ship
I would be all in favor of seeing a Ft. Jackson-Lee.

I know. I recommended they name a fort in honor of Jesse Jackson and Spike Lee and they said Jackson-Lee is right out for some reason. The committee is probably racist.

55 posted on 10/27/2023 1:15:30 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: Red Badger

I don’t think Eisenhower would have approved.


56 posted on 10/27/2023 1:41:09 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: TexasFreeper2009
Should be undone immediately by Trump upon reelection

Yup. It's a breach of the intent of past governments to smooth over the hatred caused by the war.

57 posted on 10/27/2023 1:42:26 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: CodeToad
What is funny about this is that all those confederates were democrats!

Just a label. In that era, Democrats were conservative and Republicans were liberal.

58 posted on 10/27/2023 1:44:15 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: Nateman
Have they renamed the Democrat Party yet? They were the reason we had a Civil War in the first place.

Nope. The Civil war was fought over money, and nothing else. The South produced 72% of the total tax revenue for the nation, and when they left, the Federal government wanted that money back.

59 posted on 10/27/2023 1:46:25 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: Midwesterner53
Original names given in a spirit of reconciliation that has long vanished.

Indeed.

The deal was that the South would accept that the Union won, and the Union wouldn't be jerks about it.

The Union is reneging on the deal, to appease the descendants of people who didn't earn their freedom but were handed it on a silver platter paid for with other peoples' blood.

60 posted on 10/27/2023 1:48:59 PM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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