"There are at least 10 U.S. military bases named after Confederate generals, including: Fort Lee, in Virginia, named after Robert E. Lee; Fort Hood in Texas, named after John Bell Hood; and Fort Bragg in North Carolina, named after Braxton Bragg, the Times writes." (Lisa Fine).
"That was a time when the Army was segregated and our views about race more ignorant," said writer Jamie Malanowski in The Times. "Now African-Americans make up about a fifth of the military. The idea that today we ask any of these soldiers to serve at a place named for a defender of a racist slavocracy is deplorable; the thought that today we ask any American soldier to serve at a base named for someone who killed United States Army troops is beyond absurd." (via NYT).



