Hegseth Reinstates Confederate Name Of GA Base

The New York Times reports:

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth continued his efforts to revive the Confederate names of military bases, announcing on Monday that he is re-renaming Fort Moore, whose previous name honored the confederate general Henry Benning. The base, which is in Georgia, will again be called Fort Benning.

Current law does not let him do that — the military is no longer allowed to name bases after Confederate generals — so Mr. Hegseth has found other military troops with the same last names.

Last month, he announced that Fort Liberty in North Carolina would return to the name Fort Bragg, but in honor of an enlisted Army soldier named Roland L. Bragg, who fought in World War II, and not the Confederate general Braxton Bragg. On Monday, it was Fort Moore’s turn.

Read the full article. Fort Benning is now named for the previously unknown Corporal Fred G. Benning, who served during World War 1.

The Moore family, after which the post had been renamed in 2023, reacted to the news with anger and dismay. https://t.co/KzpoYa5A5A

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