To restore the original names of the additional seven bases, the Army once again found service members with the same last names to honor.

Those bases are Fort A.P. Hill, Fort Pickett and Fort Robert E. Lee in Virginia, Fort Gordon in Georgia, Fort Hood in Texas, Fort Polk in Louisiana and Fort Rucker in Alabama.

  • dhork@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 months ago

    The “losers” that should be elevated only got the short end of the stick when they were alive, but turned out to be on the right side of history all along. These Confederates are not among them.