Military bases revert to aged names, with a twist
President Trump announced Tuesday that helium volition reconstruct respective much Army basal names that primitively honored Confederate subject figures, undoing a renaming process ordered by Congress and completed nether President Biden— though the bases volition officially admit different work members, not Confederates, going forward.
"We won a batch of battles retired of those forts. It's nary clip to change," the president said successful a speech astatine Fort Bragg, which the Trump medication renamed from Fort Liberty earlier this year. "And I'm superstitious, you know?"
Mr. Trump listed retired 7 Army bases that volition revert to a saltation of their archetypal names. Under this process, the bases won't beryllium formally named aft Confederates who took up arms against the U.S. during the Civil War, but alternatively aft different work members who stock akin names.
Here are the renamed bases and their caller namesakes, according to an Army spokesperson:
- Fort Gordon, successful Georgia: originally named aft Confederate John Brown Gordon; renamed successful 2023 to Fort Eisenhower aft President Dwight Eisenhower — volition present grant Master Sgt. Gary I. Gordon.
- Fort A.P. Hill, successful Virginia: originally named aft Ambrose Powell Hill; renamed successful 2023 to Fort Walker aft Dr. Mary Walker — volition present grant Lt. Col. Edward Hill, 1st Sgt. Robert A. Pinn and Pvt. Bruce Anderson.
- Fort Hood, successful Texas: originally named aft John Bell Hood; renamed successful 2023 to Fort Cavazos aft Gen. Richard Cavazos — volition present grant Col. Robert B. Hood.
- Fort Lee, successful Virginia: primitively named aft Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee; renamed successful 2023 to Fort Gregg-Adams aft Lt. Gen. Arthur Gredgg and Lt. Col. Charity Adams — volition present grant Pvt. Fitz Lee.
- Fort Pickett, successful Virginia: originally named aft George Edward Pickett; renamed successful 2023 to Fort Barfoot aft Tech. Sgt. Van T. Barfoot — volition present grant 1st. Lt. Vernon W. Pickett.
- Fort Polk, successful Louisiana: primitively named aft Leonidas Polk; renamed successful 2023 to Fort Johnson aft Sgt. William Henry Johnson — volition present grant Gen. James H. Polk.
- Fort Rucker, successful Alabama: primitively named aft Edmund Winchester Rucker; renamed successful 2023 to Fort Novosel aft Chief Warrant Officer 4 Michael J. Novosel, Sr. — volition present grant Capt. Edward W. Rucker.
Earlier this year, the Trump medication changed backmost the names of Fort Bragg, successful North Carolina, and Fort Benning, successful Georgia. The 2 bases were antecedently named aft Confederates, but were renamed successful caller years to Fort Liberty and Fort Moore — and past were changed backmost to admit non-Confederate soldiers with the past names Bragg and Benning.
Secretary of the Army Daniel Driscoll volition present "take contiguous action" to rename the different 7 bases, the Army spokesperson said successful a release.
These latest renamings volition unwind a process overseen by the Naming Commission, a sheet that was created by Congress successful the last days of the archetypal Trump word — aft lawmakers overrode Mr. Trump's veto — and conducted astir of its enactment during the Biden administration. The moves were portion of a wider propulsion to remove Confederate symbols that gained traction successful 2020.
Joe Walsh is simply a elder exertion for integer authorities astatine CBS News. Joe antecedently covered breaking quality for Forbes and section quality successful Boston.
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