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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIs there a chance we can get the army bases named after Confederate generals changed under
Biden's presidency?
It is not a top priority on his to do list but I would love to see it happen. It is a national disgrace.
Who decides? Congress?
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Is there a chance we can get the army bases named after Confederate generals changed under (Original Post)
CTyankee
Jan 2021
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Even dear old Yale changed the name of their residential college from John C. Calhoun to Grace
CTyankee
Jan 2021
#6
I'm sure he can get that done, but he's got a lot of life and death issues on his plate.
cwydro
Jan 2021
#2
The NDAA, which passed over Trump's veto, lays out a process for accomplishing this.
tritsofme
Jan 2021
#4
murielm99
(32,716 posts)1. I don't know, but there are all sorts of
military women who deserve to have bases named after them. We had a discussion about that here a few months ago.
CTyankee
(67,818 posts)6. Even dear old Yale changed the name of their residential college from John C. Calhoun to Grace
Hopper College a few years ago.
Calhoun carried just too much baggage from the days of slavery. Grace Hopper was a revered Navy Admiral who did groundbreaking work in computer science.https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2017/02/11/calhoun-college-renamed/
cwydro
(51,308 posts)2. I'm sure he can get that done, but he's got a lot of life and death issues on his plate.
Ill let the new administration figure out priority.
mcar
(45,712 posts)3. That was part of the defense bill
One of the reasons IMPOTUS II vetoed it. Congress overrode the veto so it will happen.
tritsofme
(19,813 posts)4. The NDAA, which passed over Trump's veto, lays out a process for accomplishing this.
hlthe2b
(112,922 posts)7. The process is already underway. The way was cleared with the last Omnibus bill passed
despite Trump's objections.