Posted on 06/06/2022 6:01:27 AM PDT by MarvinStinson
As a young military service member, Richard Kingsberry said he wasn’t aware that two of the bases where he served had been named after Confederate leaders Braxton Bragg and Robert E. Lee.
That realization would happen later, but it helped sparked him to join the effort to see names on military boats, installations and other places removed, saying that they sent the wrong message about the nation’s history and ideals.
The effort to remove the namesakes of those who aligned themselves with the Confederacy hit a critical step as the Naming Commission recently put forth several names to replace military installations such as Fort Lee and Bragg that are named in honor of Confederate leaders.
In its place, installations may be named after women, people of African and Latino descent and other national leaders such as Dwight D. Eisenhower, a former president and general.
“I think it is the appropriate thing to do to rename these military bases that are named after Confederate individuals,” said Kingsberry, commander of the National Association for Black Veterans.
He added: “That's an honor that we don't believe that they should be bestowed upon them because of their actions in going against this country, and their actions to support the institution of slavery.”
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And the confederates were guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity.
Sherman and Grant decided to win. That was viewed as cheating.
One has to love the slant to history. Union historians completely covered up the little incident in West Tennessee where Union cavalry skinned Confederate prisoners alive at each mile marker for 20 miles.
They shouldn’t. I didn’t realize that Navy Bases are always named geographically. However, Army and Air Force bases are named after people. My point was that there are plenty of deserving people to name them after. Why name them after abstract concepts (”Fort Liberty”?) or for someone whose most notable contribution is to “diversity” [sic]?
And the prison camp the led to starvation of Union prisoners.
Or, if you want to see something really horrible, the games the US Volunteers and the Apache’s were playing with each other after the Civil War.
agree. USA USAF Bases should be named for members of that branch of the service that are deserving of the honor.
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