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Following the June 2020 nationwide protests over the murder of George Floyd by a police officer, Congress began rethinking traditional connections to Confederate Army symbols, including base names. President Donald Trump strongly opposed renaming the bases. [7] Partially due to provisions allowing Confederate-named bases to be renamed, Trump ...
The Confederate States Army (CSA), also called the Confederate Army or the Southern Army, was the military land force of the Confederate States of America (commonly referred to as the Confederacy) during the American Civil War (1861–1865), fighting against the United States forces to support the rebellion of the Southern states and uphold and expand the institution of slavery. [3]
Pages in category "Military installations of the Confederate States of America" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
After the public submitted more than 30,000 name-change suggestions for U.S. Army bases that currently have Confederate references, a group The post Panel says Army bases named after Confederates ...
Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of defense, has voiced strong opposition to removing the names of Confederate generals from US military bases, repeatedly saying ...
The Army secretary is open to changing the names of 10 Army bases that were named for Confederate leaders.
Anti-racist agitation in the early 2020s led to calls for changing bases to remove the names of Confederate figures who fought against the Union during the American Civil War. [6] The Naming Commission was created by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021, [7] and renaming began in December 2022. [8]
It included a 17-page list of assets that are tied to the Confederacy, from the decals on 300 recycling bins at Fort Bragg in North Carolina to the sign for a softball field at Fort Hood in Texas.