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Donovan Schaefer | International Journalists’ Network In October 2023, nearly seven years after the deadly Unite the Right white supremacist rally, the statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee in Charlottesville, Virginia, was melted down. Since then, two more major Confederate monuments have been removed: the
In October 2023, nearly seven years after the deadly Unite the Right white supremacist rally, the statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee in Charlottesville, Virginia, was melted down. Since then, two more major Confederate monuments have been removed: the Confederate Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery and the
By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM (Associated Press/Report for America) FORT LIBERTY, N.C. (AP) — Fort Bragg shed its Confederate namesake Friday to become Fort Liberty in a ceremony some veterans said was a small but important step in making the U.S. Army more welcoming to current and prospective Black service members. The change was the most prominent […]
FILE PHOTO: Paratroopers from the U.S. Army’s 82nd Airborne Division watch their fellow soldiers board a transport plane bound for Europe, at Fort Bragg, now renamed Fort Liberty in North Carolina, U.S., February 14, 2022. Photo by REUTERS/Jonathan Drake FORT LIBERTY, N.C. (AP) — Fort Bragg shed its Confederate namesake Friday to become Fort Liberty […]
FORT LIBERTY, N.C. (AP) — Fort Bragg shed its Confederate namesake Friday to become Fort Liberty in a ceremony some veterans said was a small but important step in making the U.S. Army more welcoming to current and prospective Black service members. The change was part of a broad Department of Defense initiative, motivated by […]
RALEIGH, N.C. — Fort Bragg will shed its Confederate namesake to become Fort Liberty in a Friday ceremony that some veterans view as a small but important step in making the U.S. Army more welcoming to current and prospective Black service members. The change is part of a broad Department of Defense initiative, motivated . […]
Fort Bragg is shedding its Confederate namesake to become Fort Liberty in a ceremony some veterans view as a small but important step in making the U.S. Army more welcoming to Black service members By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press/Report for America June 2, 2023, 1:10 AM ET • 4 min read RALEIGH, N.C. — Fort […]
HANNAH SCHOENBAUM, Associated Press 27 mins ago RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Fort Bragg will shed its Confederate namesake to become Fort Liberty in a Friday ceremony that some veterans view as a small but important step in making the U.S. Army more welcoming to current and prospective Black service members. The change is part of […]
An attempt to stop local governments from moving historic monuments and memorials off public land won’t come up for a final vote in this year’s session of the Florida Legislature, leaving all options on the table for decisions about the fate of Confederate monuments that have polarized communities. State Rep. Dean Black, R-Jacksonville, said . […]
The USS Chancellorsville has been renamed the USS Robert Smalls, to honor the enslaved man who stole a Confederate battleship in the Civil War and delivered to the Union forces, loaded with weapons. The USS Robert Smalls is shown here off the Japanese island of Iwo To, on its way to honor the fallen service […]