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Fortinbras Armstrong

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19. They also named Army bases after them.

Reply to Cirque du So-What (Reply #11)

Sun Mar 1, 2020, 11:08 AM

Mar 2020

Fort Jackson, South Carolina after Stonewall Jackson. Fort Bragg, North Carolina after Braxton Bragg. Fort Lee, Virginia after Robert E Lee. Fort Polk, Louisiana after Leonidas Polk (who had been the Episcopal Bishop of New Orleans before the war). Fort Hood, Texas after John Bell Hood. Fort Benning, Georgia after Henry Benning. All Confederate generals.

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Marine general orders removal of Confederate items at bases [View all] groundloop Feb 2020 OP

I'm surprised that's a thing that needs to be done ck4829 Feb 2020 #1

Exactly. Alarming that those anti-US symbols were ever allowed at all on gov't property. n/t Judi Lynn Feb 2020 #3

I belong to a couple of Marine Corps veterans groups on Facebook SnowCritter Feb 2020 #14

Yep, dware Mar 2020 #16

Wonder if that applies to vehicles on base? unc70 Feb 2020 #2

the idea they were ever allowed to display such racist trash Skittles Feb 2020 #4

yes, exactly. Evolve Dammit Feb 2020 #7

I do NOT remember seeing that when I served Skittles Feb 2020 #13

Different times Skittles, dware Mar 2020 #17

yeah Skittles Mar 2020 #22

I was Army, and I saw lots of them Fortinbras Armstrong Mar 2020 #18

You know what else is good enough for the Marines and should be good enough for the country? Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2020 #5

Soon he won't have a job. Trump will see to that. blueinredohio Feb 2020 #6

That may be. But he did what was right. This is what leadership should look like. Evolve Dammit Feb 2020 #8

I agree wholeheartedly. blueinredohio Feb 2020 #10

Yep ck4829 Mar 2020 #25

Racism implications aside, Mr.Bill Feb 2020 #9

I was always puzzled by naming US Naval vessels after confederate figures Cirque du So-What Feb 2020 #11

They also named Army bases after them. Fortinbras Armstrong Mar 2020 #19

I am a Navy veteran Cirque du So-What Mar 2020 #20

I am an Army veteran Fortinbras Armstrong Mar 2020 #21

It's weird for sure ck4829 Mar 2020 #24

Additional source, Confederate-related paraphernalia must be removed ... littlemissmartypants Feb 2020 #12

confederate items are not 'heritage'... cntrfthrs Feb 2020 #15

+1 ck4829 Mar 2020 #23