One year after the first shots of the Civil War were fired at nearby Fort Sumter, the Planter’s three white officers went ...

the secretary of defense or the secretary of a military department may not give a name to an asset that refers to, or includes a term referring to, the Confederate States of America… including a ...

President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth have voiced support for renaming military bases for Confederate generals. In the years following the Civil War, Fort Bragg, Fort Polk, Fort ...

During the Civil War, Confederates targeted free Black people in the North, kidnapping them to sell into slavery. After the ...

The Army is exploring legal ways to change the base’s name without violating the law that bans the use of confederate names, ...

is the largest military installation by population in the United States. - Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images Trump has been adamant in his opposition to renaming bases honoring Confederate leaders.

Lee had surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant two weeks earlier. The holiday spread to the other 10 Confederate states, with some changing it to locally important dates.

Pete Hegseth, who President-elect Donald Trump tapped to be his Secretary of Defense, has repeatedly called for the restoration of the names of U.S. military bases that honored Confederate ...

Fort Liberty, formerly known as Fort Bragg, is the largest military installation by population in the United States. - Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images Trump has been adamant in his opposition to ...

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of defense, has voiced strong opposition to removing the names of Confederate generals from US military bases, repeatedly saying ...