Nine Army posts named after Confederate officers are being considered:
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Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia
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Fort Benning, Georgia
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Fort Bragg, North Carolina
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Fort Gordon, Georgia
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Fort Hood, Texas
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Fort Lee, Virginia
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Fort Pickett, Virginia
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Fort Polk, Louisiana
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Fort Rucker, Alabama
We are also deliberating the inclusion of recommendations for the Army’s Fort Belvoir in Virginia, which carries the name of a former slave plantation.
While there are yet other installations with names linked to the Confederacy, the Commission is empowered to make recommendations only for Department of Defense assets. This means the Commission cannot consider new names for National Guard installations – for example, Camp Beauregard, Louisiana and Camp Maxey, Texas – which fall under the operational control of their respective state governments.