Through Jamoreelah Mullen
June 12, 2025
The army bases that were previously named after southern soldiers were renamed the honor of black, Spanish and female military leaders.
President Donald Trump announced plans to restore the names of seven army bases named after southern soldiers. The president unveiled the coming changes during a performance of 10 June at Fort Bragg Army Base in Fayetteville, North Carolina.
“We will also restore the names to Fort Pickett, Fort Hood, Fort Gordon, Fort Rucker, Fort Polk, Fort AP Hill and Fort Robert E. Lee,” said Trump. “We have won many fights from those forts, it’s not time to change.”
After Trump returned to the office in January, the Ministry of Defense recovered the names of two military bases: Fort Bragg and Fort Benning in Georgia. The administration bypassed the law that prevents the Pentagon calling base for confederated leaders, renaming them to other soldiers who share the same surnames. The army stated in a press release that it will Use the same tactics To rename the basis mentioned in the announcement of Trump.
During his first term, Trump, a convicted criminal, argues for maintaining the original basic names. In 2020 he tried to block the creation of the Congressional Naming Commission, a team that would recommend name changes. Ty Seidule, a retired army brigadier general and chairman of the Congressional Name Commission, says that Trump’s decision went against the spirit of the new rule ENacted after the racial injustice protests in 2020.
“It comes down to it Politics. “It is the violation of the spirit of a law created by the will of the American people through their elected representatives,” said Seidule.
Under the bases being renamed, Fort Barfoot, the first military basis is named after an Indian, Army Tech Sgt. From T. Barfoot. The name returns to Fort Pickett, named after Confederate General George Pickett. Fort Gregg-Adams was renamed until April 2023 after two black officers, Lieutenant General Arthur J. GREGG and Lt. Col. Charity Adams, but will return to his original name, Fort Robert E. Lee, named after the Confederate Commander who fought to maintain the institute of slavery.
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