Fort Moore in Georgia renamed to Fort Benning, honoring a WWI veteran
On Monday Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth signed a memorandum to rename Fort Moore in Georgia as Fort Benning. Fort Moore was originally named for Lt. Gen. Harold Gregory Moore Jr., who fought in the Vietnam War and earned the Distinguished Service Cross for Valor.
Fort Benning, Georgia is back — but not in honor of a Confederate general
A storied Army post originally named after Confederate Gen. Henry L. Benning, then renamed Fort Moore as part of the Biden administration’s purge of military base names that honored rebel leaders, will now revert to its original monicker.
The base’s name was changed to Fort Moore in 2023 as part of a bipartisan effort to eliminate military honors bestowed on ...
U.S. Defense Secretary on Monday ordered the U.S. Army to rename Fort Moore back to its original name of Fort Benning, ...
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