Army not changing Confederate base names

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In the wake of the vandalism and removal of Confederate statues and memorials that ignited by the racial tensions in Charlottesville, Virginia, a week ago, the United States Army appears to have no plans to change the names of 10 of its major bases that were named after Confederate soldiers from the Civil War.

As pressure from the Left mounts to destroy all history associated with the South during the Civil War, some attention has shifted to the 10 U.S. military bases named after soldiers who fought for the Confederacy – with each of the bases being located in the South.

But the Army – the largest branch of the U.S. Armed Forces – has reportedly stood firm in its position to keep the base names, as they are steering clear of the pressure exerted by Democrats, the media and Leftist groups such as Antifa and Black Lives Matter (BLM).

“[The military [has] no plans to alter Confederate base names.”

When asked last week whether it intends on keeping the base names that are familiar to many Americans – which include Fort Hood in Texas and Fort Bragg in North Carolina – the Army would not provide an answer, according to The Charlotte Observer.

"The U.S. Army continues to resist changing Confederate names on [its] bases."

In addition to Fort Hood and Fort Bragg, the other eight Army bases under debate span the South from Texas in the West to Virginia in the East: Camp Beauregard and Fort Polk in Louisiana; Fort Benning and Fort Gordon in Georgia; Fort Hill, Fort Lee and Fort Pickett in Virginia and; Fort Rucker in Alabama.


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Poll: On Confederate Statues, Most Americans Agree With Trump



When activists decided Confederate statues should be taken down, some cities responded.

The city of Richmond, Virginia established a commission to look at whether to remove the statues. In June, the African-American mayor decided they should stay, with added “historical context.”

The Associated Press reported:

“The towering Confederate monuments in Virginia’s capital city shouldn’t be taken down, but instead should be supplemented with historical context about why they were built, Richmond’s mayor said Thursday.

‘Whether we like it or not, they are part of our history of this city, and removal would never wash away that stain,’ Mayor Levar Stoney said.”

Now, things are changing.

Now, the Richmond mayor wants to look at taking them down.

Richmond.com reported:

“‘Effective immediately, the Monument Avenue Commission will include an examination of the removal and/or relocation of some or all of the Confederate statues,’ Stoney said in a statement issued Wednesday night.

Stoney formed the 10-person commission, composed of academics, historians and community leaders, in June and charged it with ‘adding context’ to the Confederate statues lining Monument Avenue, a position he defended in his public comments earlier this week.”

When President Trump weighed in on the controversy, he said it was “sad to see the history and culture of our great country being ripped apart.”

The Democrat-leaning NPR/Marist poll of U.S. opinions says most Americans agree with Trump.

Sixty-two percent of Americans say that Confederate statues should remain as a historical symbol.

Here are the key results: