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Forward march: Military bases removing names of Confederates

Por: CBS News Politics May 28, 2023

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I wonder myself what took so long, said retired Lt. Gen. Tom Bostick, a member of , charged with renaming Army bases named in honor of Confederate generals. What 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.Bases such as Fort Pickett, named after Gen. George Pickett, who led the famous last charge of the Confederates at the... + full article



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