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TomSlick

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1. I can count 10 Army posts (please don't call them bases) named for confederate generals.

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Original post)

Thu Jun 11, 2020, 11:44 PM

Jun 2020

I'm working from memory, there may be more.

I know the political history of naming Army installations after confederate generals to obtain the support of southern politicians for the seizing of otherwise valueless land in the south for Army installations during WW I and WW II build ups. The time has come to change the names. US Army installations should not be named for traitors.

The names should be changed - now.

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I can count 10 Army posts (please don't call them bases) named for confederate generals. TomSlick Jun 2020 #1

I believe it was Colbert tonight who said naming them after confederates made no sense at that time Rhiannon12866 Jun 2020 #2

Naming Army installations after confederate generals was a cheap ploy TomSlick Jun 2020 #3

I sure agree, it's long, long past time! Rhiannon12866 Jun 2020 #4