re: Well, the new military base names are out

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Fort Polk will be renamed after William Henry Johnson, a Black soldier who received the Medal of Honor for heroism as member of first African-American Army unit to engage in combat in WWI.

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Hmm, I always just thought that base was named after President James K. Polk. Turns out:

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Fort Polk was named in honor of Louisiana native son, Leonidas Polk. Polk was a prominent Episcopal bishop, and corps commander in the Confederate Army. Polk fell at the Battle of Pine Mountain in the Atlanta Campaign in 1864.

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:themoreyouknow:

Now that will stop racism dead in it's tracks!

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The Confederate general's names for these bases were chosen because at the start of WWII it was going to be hard to get Southern boys to join otherwise.

Communists always try to erase history.

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It was really sort of a fascinatingly unique aspect of our history that our military actually saw fit to honor generals who fought on the losing side of a civil war to the point of naming military bases for them. It sort of puts in perspective a lot of modern mentalities that knee jerk into calling these people “traitors” and makes you realize how much differently people much closer to the event actually saw them.

Oh well. Good thing we’ve figured it all out much better than those dummies.

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Congress and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin must approve the nine naming recommendations.

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Write your Congressman!!!

The names of these Forts are storied more for the tradition of their names than the Confederate Generals. It looks like they recognize that with Fort Bragg since that isn't on the list.

Fort Polk is renowned for being the least enviable place to serve in the Army. But there is a point of pride in having served there, trained there, or being born there.

Once "giving in" started it isn't going back in the bag.

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I think I want the USA to fall apart.

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I don’t think it’s even a choice at this point.

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Fort Polk will be renamed after William Henry Johnson

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Being born in 1938, my very first memory is of Pearl Harbor (probably the FDR speech eat following day = entire family glued to the old Philco radio and crying/mad. Me standing in the background wondering what it was all about and hoping it was not my fault.)
It was Camp Polk at that time and was the home of the Louisiana Maneuvers = grew up with troops all over the place. Still remember tanks coming down the street in front of our house in Leesville before they completed the military road out to the maneuver area.

It will always be Ft Polk to me.