Fort Benning, Georgia, is back — but not in honor of a Confederate general
A storied Army post originally named after Confederate Gen. Henry L. Benning, then renamed Fort Moore as part of the Biden administration’s purge of military base names that honored rebel leaders, will now revert to its original moniker.
In 2022, a federal commission estimated that changing the names of nine military installations would cost taxpayers $21 ...
After two years as Fort Moore, the Army base formerly known as Fort Benning is getting its old name back. Now it's being ...
The base, known as Fort Liberty since 2023, originally was named for Confederate General Braxton Bragg. The Army says it now ...
The military installation is home to the 82nd Airborne Division and the Army Special Operations ... installations — all in former Confederate states — to honor women and minorities.
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Why Edinburgh has a Confederate soldier memorialThe statue commemorates Colonel Robert A Smith, a Scot who was struck down in Kentucky during the US civil war.
The base’s name was changed to Fort Moore in 2023 as part of a bipartisan effort to eliminate military honors bestowed on ...
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