Fred G. Benning, a World War I veteran awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, and not the Confederate general for whom it was originally named, according to a memo released Monday. Earlier this ...
The military base, which was initially named after the Confederate general, could not be renamed in honor of Gen. Benning because of legislation prohibiting military honors for Confederate generals.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday restored the original name of a Georgia military installation, although Fort Benning now honors another combat hero instead of a Confederate general.
A storied Army post originally named after Confederate Gen. Henry L. Benning, then renamed Fort Moore as part of the Biden administration’s purge of military base names that honored rebel ...
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — The short-lived existence of Fort Liberty is set to an end Friday when the nation’s largest Army installation officially returns to its former name: Fort Bragg. Christened ...