{"id":1940077,"date":"2023-05-28T17:51:05","date_gmt":"2023-05-28T21:51:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/military-bases-remove-names-of-confederate-soldiers-in-an-effort-to-rebrand\/"},"modified":"2023-05-28T17:54:01","modified_gmt":"2023-05-28T21:54:01","slug":"military-bases-remove-names-of-confederate-soldiers-in-an-effort-to-rebrand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/military-bases-remove-names-of-confederate-soldiers-in-an-effort-to-rebrand\/","title":{"rendered":"Military bases drop Confederate soldier names to rebrand."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmilitary-bases-remove-names-of-confederate-soldiers-in-an-effort-to-rebrand%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1940077&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Army Bases Named After Confederate Generals to be Renamed<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">BLACKSTONE, VA. (Photo by Jon Cherry\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Naming Commission tasked with renaming Army bases named in honor of Confederate generals has announced that bases like Fort Pickett, which bears the name of General George Pickett, will soon be \u201crebranded.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cWhat was galling is that we would still in this day and age have names of bases that represented traitors, who fought against their country and for the purpose of slavery.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Retired Lieutenant General Tom Bostick, a member of the Naming Commission, commented on the move, saying, \u201cI wonder what took so long.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Resistance to Change<\/h3>\n<p>In Blackstone, Virginia, which is the nearest town close to Fort Pickett, The former mayor, Billie Coleburn, now works as an editor for the area\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-congressman-allegedly-failed-to-disclose-stock-trades-during-pandemic-extremely-concerning\/\" title=\"Democrat Congressman Allegedly Failed To Disclose Stock Trades During Pandemic: \u2018Extremely Concerning\u2019\">local newspaper<\/a> and also commented on the move.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cHere in rural southern Virginia, change comes very slowly, and we don\u2019t always embrace change. There are many people I talk to \u2013 many, many of them are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gabbard-urges-americans-to-reject-racialism-were-all-gods-children-race-politics-is-divisive\/\" title=\"Gabbard Urges Americans To Reject \u2018Racialism\u2019: We\u2019re All God\u2019s Children, \u2018Race\u2019 Politics Is \u2018Divisive\u2019\">dear friends<\/a> of mine \u2013 that are strongly opposed to it being renamed\u2026 \u201cI\u2019d say the majority of folks around here would tell you in a heartbeat, keep it Pickett,\u201d Coleburn said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The word \u201cPickett\u201d is everywhere you look at the fort\u2019s fire station. The chief of the station, Danny Clary, had a few words to share as well regarding the name change. When asked how he felt about it, Clary responded, \u201cSad. I understand why they\u2019re doing it, but it\u2019s been here a long time, and it\u2019s going to take a lot of people a while to adjust.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>New Names for Army Bases<\/h3>\n<p>It will now be called \u201cFort Barfoot,\u201d taking its name from Col. Van Barfoot, who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his valor during World War II. It is the first Army base in the country to bear a Native American name.<\/p>\n<p>Fort Bragg will change its name to Fort Liberty this week, and another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/thousands-of-pedophiles-serve-less-than-one-year-in-california-prisons-report\/\" title=\"Thousands Of Pedophiles Serve Less Than One Year In California Prisons: Report\">base named<\/a> after Lt. Gen. Leonidas Polk, Fort Polk in Louisiana, is also planning on making the move to change its name as well.<\/p>\n<p>Fort Benning, which was the former name of another base paying reverence to Brig. Gen. Henry Benning, who was a known member of the Ku Klux Klan, changed its name to Fort Moore, referencing the notable military couple Hal and Julia Moore. Julia permanently altered the once-impersonal system that delivered \u201cregret to inform you\u201d telegrams to the families of the slain, and Hal was the commander of American troops in the first head-to-head battle against the North Vietnamese.<\/p>\n<p>Nine Army bases all together, including the old Fort Pickett that is now formerly known as Fort Barfoot, will no longer have names honoring Confederates.<\/p>\n<h3>Changing History<\/h3>\n<p>Bases are not the only things changing names, either. All Confederate monuments and memorabilia that is scattered around American military sites is reportedly going through major renovation, if not now, then most likely soon in the future.<\/p>\n<p>Bostick expressed amazement at the extent to which Confederate artifacts were ingrained in Army culture.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThere were hundreds of things that needed to change. There\u2019s a Lee Gate and Lee Housing Area and Lee Barracks at West Point.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>However, many critics of the rebrand claim that new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/military-bases-remove-names-of-confederate-soldiers-in-an-effort-to-rebrand\/\" title=\"Military bases drop Confederate soldier names to rebrand.\">progressive military leaders<\/a> are attempting to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/robert-e-lee-statue-torn-down-in-richmond-va\/\" title=\"Robert E. Lee statue torn down in Richmond, Va.\">erase history<\/a> while appeasing liberals and lefties with the name changes.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re not going to end racism in one fell swoop, but this isn\u2019t a bad place to start,\u201d Seidule said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Retired Lieutenant General Tom Bostick, a member of the Naming Commission, expressed his thoughts on renaming Army bases honoring Confederate generals. He questioned the delay and stated, &#8220;I wonder what took so long.&#8221; Bostick&#8217;s comment was made during an interview with OAN&#8217;s Brooke Mallory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1866,"featured_media":1940078,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[542],"tags":[11653,6572,5053,4505,6574,24448,12900],"class_list":["post-1940077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oann","tag-bases","tag-confederate","tag-drop","tag-military","tag-names","tag-rebrand","tag-soldier"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1940077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1866"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1940077"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1940077\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1940078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1940077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1940077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1940077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}