Lsufaninva t1_iud4k0p wrote on October 30, 2022 at 12:50 PM

Soon to be known as Ft Walker,named for Mary Walker

MazeppaPZ t1_iudop7o wrote on October 30, 2022 at 3:28 PM

TIL! This is good news.

tpasmall t1_iuewsms wrote on October 30, 2022 at 8:22 PM

Need to stop naming stuff after people, you never know what history will uncover. Might never be anything negative but prevents the potential of future issues

Charlesinrichmond t1_iudbrrx wrote on October 30, 2022 at 1:53 PM

we really should. The fact the US army has Forts named after confederates has always boggled my mind. What's next, Fort Ho Chi Minh?

RickVanSticks t1_iudejlu wrote on October 30, 2022 at 2:14 PM

The Army has renamed all its bases named after confederate generals. They’re working now changing all the signs and things

Charlesinrichmond t1_iudsgg7 wrote on October 30, 2022 at 3:54 PM

that's great.

[deleted] t1_iufxm2g wrote on October 31, 2022 at 12:45 AM

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YellowOrange t1_iue71iy wrote on October 30, 2022 at 5:33 PM

There was a commission created to rename anything within the DoD that honored the CSA, check out https://www.thenamingcommission.gov/home for the full report.

In Virgina:

Ft. AP Hill is becoming Ft. Walker
Ft. Lee is becoming Ft. Gregg-Adams
Ft. Picket is becoming Ft. Barfoot

MazeppaPZ t1_iueeu4v wrote on October 30, 2022 at 6:24 PM

This is surprisingly interesting reading!

Richmond's last Confederate statue can be removed, judge rules

MazeppaPZ t1_iud3k66 wrote on October 30, 2022 at 12:40 PM