The US Army is now open to renaming its military bases -- that still reference Confederate Leaders

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

here are 10 of them that still reference Confederate leaders

The US Army is considering renaming nearly a dozen military bases that reference senior military leaders from the Confederate Army, as other service branches have issued directives banning Confederate Army symbols on their bases.

Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy announced that they are willing to discuss the renaming of the bases on a "bipartisan" basis, a US Army spokesperson said in a statement.

The Army previously said to military news organization Task & Purpose that it had no plans to "rename any street or installation," and that the namings were "done in a spirit of reconciliation, not to demonstrate support for any particular cause or ideology."

"The Army has a tradition of naming installations and streets after historical figures of military significance, including former Union and Confederate general officers," an Army spokesperson said to Task & Purpose in February.

The change in posture comes as the country grapples with racial tensions following the death of George Floyd, a Black man who died during his arrest in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on May 25.

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https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-army-now-open-renaming-225900239.html

[gratuitous]

1. Historical figures of military significance?

Is there a Camp Rommel? Or a Camp Zhukov?

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

2. I was tempted to mention Rommel since we have troops in Germany

Thanks for bringing it up.

[Sherman A1]

3. Good

Long overdue.

[madaboutharry]

4. The real scandal is that it has taken 155 years since the end of The Civil War

for some people to step and say that something isn't right about having United States military bases named after traitors to the United States.

[Sneederbunk]

5. Joint Base Lewis- McChord must go.

Meriweather Lewis was a slaveowner.