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This Week, Fort Pickett Will Replace Its Confederate Name, a First for an Army Base Following...
Military.com via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFort Pickett, Virginia, will be the first Army installation to be renamed as part of a service-wide...
From Pickett to Barfoot: Nottoway National Guard post is first to remove Confederate name
The Progress-Index via Yahoo News· 1 year agoBLACKSTONE – The first of nine military installations to be renamed through a Congressional...
Virginia military base Fort Pickett, named for Confederate general, becomes Fort Barfoot, named for...
NY Daily News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA ceremony in Blackstone, VA., Friday began the U.S. Army initiative to rename nine military bases honoring Confederate generals. The first to fall ― Fort Pickett — is now Fort Barfoot, named ...
Military Bases Named After Confederate Leaders May Soon Honor Women and People of Color Instead
People via Yahoo News· 2 years agoUniversal Images Group/instagram A Congressional committee created to manage the removal of...
Secretary of Defense OK's base renaming of Fort Gordon, others
The Augusta Chronicle via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFort Gordon is one step closer to being Fort Eisenhower. On Thursday, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J....
The cost to rename 9 Confederacy-honoring Army bases has doubled
Military Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe cost of renaming the nine Army bases that honored the Confederacy has nearly doubled, an Army...
Commission recommending name change for Fort Gordon to Fort Eisenhower completes work
The Augusta Chronicle via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Naming Commission charged with researching new monikers for military installations and assets...
Commission recommends 9 new names for Army bases that honor Confederates
Politico via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Naming Commission, a panel created by Congress last year to oversee the removal of Confederate...
Fort Liberty? Bragg and 8 Other Bases Get New Proposed Names to Scrub Confederate Links
Military.com via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe name Fort Bragg and the North Carolina base's commemoration of a Confederate officer could soon...
Halfway through base name changes, business as usual across the Army
Army Times via Yahoo News· 12 months agoThe Army crossed the halfway mark in the final phase of shedding its Confederate base names when...