Their names are not being changed.
Word of that U.S. Army decision came in an Army Times newspaper story:
The Army has no plans to mirror an order by the Marine Corps commandant instructing his subordinates to remove Confederate-related paraphernalia from bases across the world, according to the service.
The Marine Corps’ decision comes the same month as a congressional hearing discussed the rise of white nationalism and extremism in the military, an issue closely tied with the presence of Confederate monuments, flags and naming conventions.
“We have no plans to rename any street or installation, including those named for Confederate generals,” an Army spokesperson said.
That means Fort Rucker near Dothan and Fort Benning, across the state line in Georgia, will retain their Confederate names.
- Fort Rucker in Dale County, Alabama, named for a Confederate General Edmund Rucker
- Fort Benning, near Columbus, Georgia, named after Henry L. Benning, a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the Civil War[2][3]
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