Most modern Americans cannot conceive of states seceding from the US, but in 1860, the majority of the people believed ...

Defense Sec. Pete Hegseth renamed the Georgia base as Fort Benning. Other bases have been renamed using a name similar to ...

The base’s name was changed to Fort Moore in 2023 as part of a bipartisan effort to eliminate military honors bestowed on ...

For 250 years, the US Army has adapted as a living organization composed of operating units and institutional organizations ...

It’s upsetting that monuments honoring members of the Ku Klux Klan are still standing. Taylor Swift advocated the removal of a KKK leader /Confederate general. She also applauded the removal of the ...

The statue commemorates Colonel Robert A Smith, a Scot who was struck down in Kentucky during the US civil war.

Like Fort Benning, Fort Bragg was named after a Confederate general.

A new resolution introduced in the Georgia Senate seeks to honor the late President Jimmy Carter by placing his statue in the ...

Henrick chronicles the “valiant but ultimately doomed” efforts of Confederate States of America president Jefferson Davis and his cabinet to secede from and try to defeat the United States.

The original naming of the nine Army bases was part of a movement to glorify the Confederacy and advance the Lost Cause myth that the Civil War was fought over “states’ rights” and not slavery.

Don is joined by Aaron Sheehan-Dean, Professor at Louisiana State University and editor of a number of books on this subject. Produced by Sophie Gee. Edited by Aidan Lonergan. Senior Producer was ...

From military bases to wildlife refuges, a president who specializes in branding is renaming things to make a point.