US President Trump says military bases named after Confederates a mark of 'victory and freedom', despite Confederacy losing the Civil War
"Our history as the greatest nation in the world will not be tampered with," US President Trump wrote.US military bases honouring Civil War Confederate leaders will not be renamed, US President Donald Trump said Wednesday, pushing back on pressure to rid public places of monuments glorifying the once pro-slavery south.
It has been suggested that we should rename as many as 10 of our Legendary Military Bases, such as Fort Bragg in North Carolina, Fort Hood in Texas, Fort Benning in Georgia, etc. These Monumental and very Powerful Bases have become part of a Great American Heritage, and a...
Similar attacks on statues of historical figures seen by activists as celebrating racism and slavery have taken place in Britain and Belgium. Defence Secretary Mark Esper had indicated earlier this week that he'd be at least open to a "bipartisan discussion" on base renaming. The Navy, meanwhile, said that it was outlawing Confederate flags, still popular in southern states, aboard all its ships and other facilities.
Retired army general and former CIA director David Petraeus, who himself trained several times at Fort Bragg, called the generals "traitors."
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