Virginia’s Fort A.P. Hill was officially redesignated Fort Walker during a ceremony on the base on Friday in a push to remove symbols of the Confederacy.
August 25, 2023, 7:32 PMIn this screen grab taken from a video, the Fort Walker rededication ceremony is shown on Aug. 25, 2023, in Virginia.Virginia’s Fort A.P. Hill was officially redesignated Fort Walker on Friday morning during a ceremony on base, which took place on the eve of Women’s Equality Day.
The national initiative includes the renaming of nine U.S. Army bases. Among them, Fort Lee, also in Virginia, wasIn this screen grab taken from a video, a plaque about Dr. Mary Edwards Walker is shown at the Fort Walker rededication ceremony on Aug. 25, 2023, in Virginia.Gregg, the only living U.S. soldier in modern history to have an installation named in his honor, attended the Fort Walker redesignation ceremony on Friday, says the U.S. Army.
West, the former U.S. Army surgeon general and the first Black woman to serve in that role, said Walker revealed possibilities and provided hope in her journey to become an Army doctor.
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