Heroes, president, and a US value: Here’s the Army base renaming plan.
Nine U.S. military bases named in honor of Confederate soldiers are getting new names under legislation passed in the wake of nationwide anti-racism protests sparked by the 2020 killing of George Floyd.
The congressionally created Naming Commission “sought to find names that would be inspirational to the Soldiers and civilians who serve on our Army posts, and to the communities who support them,” chairman Michelle Howard, a retired admiral, said in a statement last week.
The eight-member panel – which includes a former commandant of the Marine Corps, a general who chaired the history department at West Point, and Ms. Howard, who is the first Black woman to command a Navy
