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Fort Benning is now Fort Moore. Name change celebrated in ceremony at Doughboy Stadium
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe new name honors Lt. Gen. Hal Moore and his wife, Julia. Moore’s three-decade military career was...
Army officially designates Fort Moore, dropping Confederate name Benning
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe Army's training hub in Georgia was renamed Fort Moore during a ceremony Thursday, replacing the...
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...
Trump Chooses Absolutely Baffling New Topic For Latest Rambling Aside
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 5 months agoDonald Trump’s speech on Sunday took an unexpected turn when he went on a tangent about the names of...
Erasing the Confederacy: Army changes names of iconic Fort Hood and Fort Benning bases
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWASHINGTON – Two iconic military posts are being rebranded as part of the military's effort to scrub the Confederacy's legacy from its bases, streets, gyms and ships. Fort Benning, the Army's ...
Fort Gordon name change to Fort Eisenhower moves forward
Aiken Standard, S.C. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOct. 7—Fort Gordon's name change to Fort Eisenhower will soon be official. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin sent a memorandum to senior Pentagon officials Thursday accepting the recommendations ...
Fort Bragg becomes Fort Liberty in Army's most prominent move to erase Confederate names from bases
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFort Bragg shed its Confederate namesake Friday to become Fort Liberty in a ceremony some veterans...
Forts Cavazos, Barfoot and Liberty — new names for army bases honor new heroes and lasting values,...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 year agoLt. Gen. Arthur Gregg attends a ceremony on April 27, 2023, in which a military base was renamed in...
First Lady Dr. Jill Biden visits Georgia’s Fort Benning
WSB Cox articles via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFirst Lady Dr. Jill Biden paid a visit on Thursday to Georgia’s Fort Benning near Columbus. Her...
A Yale scholar helped rename Confederate landmarks
WE ARE THE MIGHTY via Yahoo News· 12 months agorename bases Military bases across the country have already received new names, in light of ongoing changes to remove Confederate references to federal...