As far as I know, the United States is the only nation stupid enough to honor its traitors by naming military bases after them, among other things.
The names chosen as replacements are all fine and appropriate.
- Fort Benning, Ga. – rename Fort Moore after Lt. Gen. Hal and Julia Moore.
- Fort Bragg, N.C. – rename Fort Liberty after the value of liberty.
- Fort Gordon, Ga. – rename Fort Eisenhower after General of the Army Dwight Eisenhower.
- Fort A.P. Hill, Va. – rename Fort Walker after Dr. Mary Walker.
- Fort Hood, Texas – rename Fort Cavazos after Gen. Richard Cavazos.
- Fort Lee, Va. – rename Fort Gregg-Adams after Lt. Gen. Arthur Gregg and Lt. Col. Charity Adams.
- Fort Pickett, Va. – rename Fort Barfoot after Tech. Sgt. Van T. Barfoot.
- Fort Polk, La. – rename Fort Johnson after Sgt. William Henry Johnson.
- Fort Rucker, Ala. – rename Fort Novosel after Chief Warrant Officer 4 Michael J. Novosel, Sr.
Plenty of Confederate names that will likely survive indefinitely, since changing them is neither necessary or practical. County names and city names. And I don’t advocate changing them.
Having a city or county named after somebody is not a big deal. Hell, Collier County in Florida was named for a developer. Many towns are named for their obscure founders. Florida honored Hernando DeSoto not once but TWICE, with DeSoto County and Hernando County.

A military base is a far bigger deal, which is why the changes are being made.
Removing traitor’s names from military bases seems like the most basic common sense idea there is.
Replacing them, in one case with the high concept of liberty and in other cases with heroes of our country also seems about as common sense as it gets.
The reason they got those names at all was that in 1917, when the United States entered World War I, they had to build a number of new bases. There was no cloture mechanism in the Senate, so even one Senator could stop legislation. Southern Senators refused to fund appropriation unless these names were granted.
But those Senators are long dead and so is the false concept of The Lost Cause they tried to push and ingrain in people’s minds.
106 years have elapsed and it is time to bury the bull ■■■■ those Southern Senators shoveled down our throats so long ago.
Bottom line:
- The Confederacy was a treasonous rebellion.
- The Confederacy lost.
- Neither traitors nor losers get to have high honor of a military base named after them.
There are no other reasons necessary to change the name. Treason on its own is quite sufficient. The fact that Bragg and Polk (and some of the others) were incompetent morons is just icing on the cake.
For example. Some were slave owners, but so were some of the founders. Not a reason.
I oppose wokeness and wokeness is not a reason.
Some individuals did participate in the KKK and Red Shirt movement and that would be a valid reason.
(NOTE: The issue of statues on public land is a separate argument from this. My view on this is simple. There should be NO statues to anybody on public property, whether the person be a founder, a member of the Union or member of the Confederacy. I do not believe we should engage in such adoration of mortal men, regardless of who they are, particularly on the public dime. I would take them ALL down and give them to private institutions.)
BTW, you can still visit Bragg, Texas, which is, quite appropriately, a ghost town named after Bragg. 