The post is one of nine that the Pentagon has said will be redesignated to remove names, symbols or other displays that commemorate the Confederacy.
BY SCOTT NEUMAN | NPR
Fort Lee, the U.S. Army’s Virginia garrison named after the slave-holding leader of Confederate forces during the Civil War, will become Fort Gregg-Adams on Thursday following a ceremony to rename the base after two Black officers whose struggles paved the way for a more inclusive military.
The post is one of nine that the Pentagon has said will be redesignated to remove names, symbols or other displays that commemorate the Confederacy.
Lt. Gen. Arthur Gregg, the first African American to achieve such a high rank, retired in 1981 after serving as the Army’s deputy chief of staff, logistics. Lt. Col. Charity Adams joined the newly created Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps in 1942 and was the highest-ranking Black woman of World War II.