Military Base Removed Confederate Name

Military base removes names of Confederate soldiers – CBS News

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The U.S. Army has taken the names of Confederate generals from bases such as Fort Pickett in Virginia, named after George Pickett, who led the final charge of the rebels at the Battle of Gettysburg and was later accused of war crimes. are deprived of Nine Army bases will be renamed after American heroes and heroines, including people of color. Fort Pickett is now Fort Burfoot (after WWII Medal of Honor recipient Colonel Van Burfoot). CBS News national security correspondent David Martin reports on the startling history of bases like Fort Benning (named after a founding member of the Ku Klux Klan).

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