How Black troops lost out in bid to sever Army post’s Confederate ties

Written by on October 8, 2022

The entrance to Fort Gordon, home to the U.S. Army Signal Corps, Army Cyber Command and the Cyber Center of Excellence. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post)

AUGUSTA, Ga. — In the waning days of his presidency, Dwight D. Eisenhower addressed a formation of troops at the Army post here, making a brief stop while en route to the city’s other garrison: Augusta National. “I have long been wanting to visit Fort Gordon,” the celebrated general said, thanking them for supporting more than two dozen of his golf outings through two terms in . . .



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