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Lee Barracks, named for Civil War Gen. Robert E. Lee, is shown at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point on July 13, 2020, in West Point, N.Y. A commission created by Congress recommended that multiple historical reminders tied to Confederate officers during the Civil War be removed — many honoring Robert E. Lee.
Opinion: Confederate-named bases losing their patron saints
By Brent Staples, New York Times
via Chattanooga Times Free Press
April 28, 2023
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Retired Lt. Gen. Arthur J. Gregg signs the Gregg-Adams Club guestbook following the unveiling April 19 of the outside sign at the newly named Gregg-Adams Club. The ledger, which is at least 40 years old, still had Gregg's signature and other information from the day he retired there in 1981. Gregg shares the new name with Lt. Col. Charity Adams Earley, who commanded a postal unit in an overseas theater of operations during World War II.
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People protest as Pope Francis meets young people and elders at Nakasuk Elementary School Square in Iqaluit, Canada, last July. The Vatican on Thursday formally repudiated the "Doctrine of Discovery." The theory is backed by 15th century papal decrees that legitimized the colonial-era seizure of Native lands and form the basis of some property laws today.
Virginia Army base renamed in honor of Native American war hero; first of 9 Army bases to drop Confederate name
BY TRE'VAUGHN HOWARD
CBS News
March 24, 2023
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The Virginia National Guard's Fort Pickett is officially redesignated Fort Barfoot, in honor of Col. Van T. Barfoot, a World War II Medal of Honor recipient with extensive Virginia ties, during a ceremony on March 24, 2023, at the Blackstone Army Airfield near Blackstone, Virginia. U.S. NATIONAL GUARD/MIKE VRABEL
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Fort Bragg to officially change name to Fort Liberty, celebration planned for June
By Gilbert Baez
WRAL Fayetteville reporter
February 24, 2023
Photo by Michael Joyner
Planning is underway for a June 2 ceremony and celebration. The event will be open to veterans and the general public.
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73 Confederate monuments were removed or renamed last year, report finds
By Giselle Rhoden and Dalila Paul, CNN
February 3, 2023
Indigenous tribe's name to be restored to Connecticut river under proposed bill
A state representative wants to honor the Pequot tribe.
By Ivan Pereira
ABC News
January 20, 2023
Central Park entrance renamed 'Gate of the Exonerated' for the 'Exonerated Five'
"The 'Exonerated Five' is the American Black boy, man, story," the mayor said.
By Emily Shapiro
ABC News
December 19, 2022
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The U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y.
Aotearoa or New Zealand: has the moment come to change the country’s name?
By Eva Corlett in Wellington
The Guardian
August 10, 2022
Photo by Kiriana Eparaima-Hautapu
Māori party leaders Rawiri Waititi and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer. Te Pati Māori has presented a petition with 70,000 signatures asking for New Zealand to be renamed Aotearoa.
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Robert E. Lee at war's end, courtesy of CNN
Commission unveils proposals to rename bases named after Confederate leaders
By
Oren Liebermann,
Devan Cole,
Barbara Starr
and Ellie Kaufman,
CNN News
May 24, 2022
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University of Alabama will remove Klan leader's name from a campus building after all
By The Associated Press
February 11, 2022
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Washington selects Commanders as new NFL team name after two-season process
By John Keim
ESPN
February 2, 2022
Photo by John McDonnell/The Washington Post
Opinion: Confederate heritage groups should not decide the fate of toppled monuments
By Erin L. Thompson
The Washington Post Opinion
January 23, 2022
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Italy: proposal for statue of first woman to get PhD sparks debate
By Angela Giuffrida
The Guardian
January 3, 2022
Photo by Mark Zaleski for the Tennessean
Nathan Bedford Forrest statue along Interstate 65 taken down in Nashville
By
Natalie Neysa Alund, Rachel Wegner, Mariah Timms
Nashville Tennessean
December 7, 2021
Controversial Theodore Roosevelt statue in NYC will move to North Dakota for 'contextualized' display
By Patrick Springer
Grand Forks Herald
November 19, 2021
Replacing Confederate names on military bases is underway. It could take years to finish.
By Jay Price
North Carolina Public Radio
October 1, 2021
'Braxton Bragg’s name will be removed': How the community can provide input on renaming Fort Bragg
Rachael Riley
The Fayetteville Observer
September 12, 2021
México retirará la estatua de Cristóbal Colón, ¿por qué?
Associated Press
Los Angeles Times
September 6, 2021
Gen. Lee statue can be removed, Virginia Supreme Court rules
Denise Lavoie and Sarah Rankin
AP News
September 2, 2021
The Bank of England Has Taken Down Artwork of Governors Connected to the Slave Trade
Helen Holmes
The Observer
August 30, 2021
National Congress of American Indians
The Wampanoag name Aquinnah means "land under the hill."Photo by: Jenna Shepard
Hattie McDaniel as Mammy in Gone With the Wind (MGM)