The Army has finished renaming nine installations that previously honored confederate generals with the redesignation Friday of Fort Gordon in Georgia to Fort Eisenhower.

The Defense Department has until the end of the year to complete the recommendations of the congressionally mandated Naming Commission. The Naming Commission was tasked with identifying items in the U.S. military named after figures from the confederacy.

The commission’s final recommendations included renaming nine installations across the country named after Confederate generals.

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    1 year ago

    Was driving by Fort Walker the other day and they did a great job on all the exit signs, boundary markers, and what not. Didn’t see a single “AP Hill” anywhere. Naming Army installations after quite literal traitors is absolutely insane.