Here Are My Choices for Black Renamed Confederate Bases (and One More)

Since the bases are going to be renamed, I have a short list of ones I think are deserving.  I do not want every one of them renamed after a black person.  I know that goes against what a lot of people want to happen.

But, here are four Blacks who I think would be good choices"

Benjamin O.  Davis, Sr. and Benjamin O. Davis, Jr.  Senior was the first black general in the U.S. Army and the son was the first black general in the U.S. Air Force as well as commander of the Tuskegee Airmen.

Jackie Robinson fought not only to break the color barrier of Major League Baseball, but also the color barrier in the U.S. Army as an officer during World War II.

Colin Powell. I sure wish he had run for U.S. president.  I'd have voted for him in a heartbeat.

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Also, we could save a lot of money in renaming Fort Bragg because of General Edward S. Bragg who commanded the famed Iron Brigade during the Civil War.  I realize he is a white man, but very deserving in my books.

Again, I am not against renaming the Confederate base names.  After all, they did fight against the United States.  But, I do not want every base to be named after a black person.  Surely we can find some deserving white people as well.

Come On, People.   --Old Secesh

Rename Fort Bragg for Edward Bragg (Famed Union 'Iron Brigade' General). Some Other Possible Renames, Including Blacks

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

**  Colonial-era Royal Carriage stirs up modern  backlash in Netherlands.  (So "Woke" has hit there as well.)

**  Forget 'Fort Lee'--  Congress seeks input on replacement for c(C)onfederate names.  (8 News ABC, Virginia. (And you'd think a news organization like ABC would know about proper names.  Maybe its "blacklash" in the media.

**  Fort Bragg seeks public input for base's new name. (I've already suggested Edward Bragg, a noted Union Civil War commander who led the famed Iron Brigade.)

**  Virginia is set to remove Richmond's Lee statue on Wednesday.  (Sure didn't take them long.)

**  Family seeks to rename Fort Benning after Kentucky war hero and his wife.  (Lt. Gen. Hal Moore.  At least he is a white man.  I'd hate to see all of the bases renamed after Blacks.  Some should be, however.  I'd like to see Benjamin O. Davis (Sr. and Jr.), Colin Powell and Jackie Robinson as three of the names.)

--Old Secesh

Talking 'Bout Them Insurgents, CNN, Fort Bragg, West Point, Rolling Stone and Skeeters

JANUARY  8. 2021

**  Before Wednesday, insurgents waving Confederate flags hadn't been within six miles of the US Capitol.  (CNN.  Imagine CNN with these headlines.  Only the last time, those "insurgents" might have done far worse than these "insurgents" did.  And, there would have been many more than two (I'm guessing) Confederate flags there.)

**  Pentagon begins process to rename bases like Fort Bragg due to Confederacy link.

**  Defense secretary  appoints four to commission on renaming  military bases that honor Confederates.  (Just PLEASE, please, please DON'T rename every one for a black person.  I wouldn't mind one named for Colin Powell or Jackie Robinson.  But, under today's situation every one of them will be named after a black person.)

**  New law requires West Point to rename dorm, roads and gate named for Confederate generals.  (Lee Barracks, also a road and gate named for Lee.  Also a road named for Beauregard.  Just don't name them all for Blacks.)

**  Lock him up.  (Rolling Stone magazine on Trump after the riot.  Well, if Rolling Stone says so, it must be so.)

**  Opinion:  A disgrace for the history books:  Even before  the Civil War, better leaders prevented chaos in the Capitol.

**  Mississippi governor to sign law Monday for new state flag.  (Well, if they had to change it, at least they got a good looking one.  I still kind of like the one with the mosquito.  They sure have a lot of them in Louisiana.)

--Old Secesh

Fort Hood Becomes Fort Hobby? Tennessee, Wilmington, N.C., Arkansas and Texas

AUGUST 25, 2020


**  Collierville residents, other, ask board to remove Confederate marker   in square.  (Tennessee)

**  Plenty of theories, few answers as to why Pine Valley's streets have Confederate names.  (Wilmington, N.C.)

**  Task force to decide future of Confederate monument in Cleveland.  (Tennessee.  Guess how this one will turn out?)

**  Letter:  Confederate flag illustrates the 'evil power of symbol.'

**  Board backs name change for Fort Smith school.  (Arkansas)

**  Fort Hood:  Historians push to rename Fort Hood after Killeen trailblazer.  (Texas.  Oveta Culp Hobby, a white woman, who was first director of Women's Army Corps in WW II.  I could go along with this.)

I'd Back Any Fort Renamed for Anyone Who Is Not Black Except Colin Powell and Jackie Robinson.  I'd be okay with forts named after these two deserving men.  --Old Secesh

Fort Robinson Has a Good Ring to It. Hey, Return the Armstrong Gun to Fort Fisher. What to Do With Those Sad Richmond Statues

AUGUST 4, 2020


**  Army should rename  Texas' Fort Hood for baseball pioneer Jackie Robinson.  (At first, I thought absolutely not.  But then I read that he had been an officer in the Army during World War II and had to battle segregation and racism there as well.  He is a very deserving man.  And, along with Colin Powell as a name for the Confederate bases, I'd support the change right away.  Otherwise, when they change the base names I would like any that will be renamed for Blacks to have a five year wait as tempers are too frayed right now.)

**  Gillibrand urges removal of Confederate symbols at West Point.  (Democrat New York senator and white woman.  Hey, Senator, how about removing that 150-pounder Armstrong cannon at West Point as it was a captured Confederate weapon.  I know a great place to send it to in North Carolina.)

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August 5, 2020

**  Richmond City Council to accept offers for possession of Confederate monuments.  (Sad Richmond has decided not to put the statues up elsewhere in the city.  Now the only one remaining is of A.P. Hill.  Also there is the question of what to do with the pedestals they were on.

They should offer them to the SCV or UDC.  But the city, or better yet, the mayor or BLM, should pay for repairs and cleaning along with moving and new location expenses.  Personally, I would like every single thing to do with the Confederacy out of this place, especially since I don't think I'll ever even drive through there again.  Traffic is horrendous anyway and now the city has done this.   And, they should just turn the American Civil War Museum into an American Black Experience museum which is essentially what it is anyhow.)

Just have history books say that the Confederate capital was moved somewhere northward.  Don't even mention the name.

Even then, however, comes the problem of protecting them from BLM in their new locations.

--Old Secesh