Confederate-named forts.

[Desert Kid]

Well, what with Confederate Memorial Day not being too long ago somebody had to get their knickers in a wad.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/26/opinion/sunday/misplaced-honor.html?_r=0

Personally, I don't think the names should be changed.

 

[John Hartwell]

Well, what with Confederate Memorial Day not being too long ago somebody had to get their knickers in a wad.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/26/opinion/sunday/misplaced-honor.html?_r=0

An opinion. Easily ignored.

jno

 

[TinCan]

Well, if you followed this guys line, the 10 new names could not possibly come from anyone who was born in any of the former Confederate States, as they most certainly would be tainted by association.I mean what's next? Change the name of your county, or city, or town, if it happends to be named after someone that someone else may find offensive? Some people just have nothing better to do.

 

[Mark F. Jenkins]

:: yawn :: Waste of ink/pixels.

As I've mentioned elsewhere, technically, Fort Bragg was not named after the Confederate general, but rather for the U.S. Army captain in the Mexican War ("A little more grape, Captain Bragg"); the fact that Bragg was both a North Carolinian and an artillery officer (and Camp Bragg was begun as an artillery post) makes it a logical name.

The Southerners are a little over-represented in major military post names simply because the Army posts tend to be in the South. There's a Camp Sherman in Ohio, but it never developed into a major post a la Camp Bragg, so...

 

[redbob]

And Fort Benjamin Harrison in Helena, Montana (where the "Devil's Brigade was trained) and Fort Meade in Sturgis, South Dakota. And let's not forget Fort McClellan in Anniston, Alabama and Fort McPherson in Atlanta,Georgia (both now defunct as Army bases).

 

[Samuel.Sohm]

Well, what with Confederate Memorial Day not being too long ago somebody had to get their knickers in a wad.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/26/opinion/sunday/misplaced-honor.html?_r=0

Personally, I don't think the names should be changed.

Changing the names of these forts now would do far more harm than good.....

 

[AndyHall]

The Southerners are a little over-represented in major military post names simply because the Army posts tend to be in the South. There's a Camp Sherman in Ohio, but it never developed into a major post a la Camp Bragg, so...

There is a fair amount of what we would now call public relations that goes into selecting names of that sort, so no one should be surprised that military installations, particularly in the South, would carry names of prominent regional military heroes.

But it applies to other things, beyond names of military bases. During WWII, the Houston Shipbuilding Corp. (later renamed Todd Houston) shipyard built over 200 Liberty ships for the war effort. The U.S. Maritime Commission authorized names for these vessels that were heavily skewed toward both figures from Texas history (Sam Houston, Davy Crockett, Stephen F. Austin) and Confederates (James Longstreet, A. P. Hill, Joseph E. Johnston, John B. Hood, Jubal Early).

The Houston shipyard also built one named for that Yankee Paul Bunyan, but that one was waaaaaay down on the list.

But really, I agree with John Hartwell. It's an opinion piece that is meant to be provocative. Don't give it more attention than it deserves.

 

[Desert Kid]

I just find it saddening that people really do want to rewrite history like this.

 

[Miles Krisman]

What's with these journalists. Must be the sequicentennial..........
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/05/28/confederate-traitors-don-t-deserve-the-honors.html

 

[ole]

What's with these journalists. Must be the sequicentennial..........
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/05/28/confederate-traitors-don-t-deserve-the-honors.html

Stupid is pandemic.

 

[diane]

Renaming forts, eh? Where do I get in line for this? Then I want to start on towns. Counties. Creeks and rivers....

 

[Nathanb1]

 

[Desert Kid]

Renaming forts, eh? Where do I get in line for this? Then I want to start on towns. Counties. Creeks and rivers....

Lee County, Texas
Jeff Davis County, Mississppi
Granbury, Texas
Cleburne, Texas
Hood County, Texas
Lubbock, Texas
Beauregard Parish, Louisiana
Cleburne County, Arkansas
Cleburne County, Alabama
Forrest County, Mississippi
Forrest City, Arkansas

And that is just off the top of my head, that would be ALOT of renaming.

 

[diane]

Lee County, Texas
Jeff Davis County, Mississppi
Granbury, Texas
Cleburne, Texas
Hood County, Texas
Lubbock, Texas
Beauregard Parish, Louisiana
Cleburne County, Arkansas
Cleburne County, Alabama
Forrest County, Mississippi
Forrest City, Arkansas

And that is just off the top of my head, that would be ALOT of renaming.

Lol! I'm going to start out west here with all the injun fighters! We'll probably meet at the Mississippi!

 

[Scotsman]

I just find it saddening that people really do want to rewrite history like this.

What is "this" and how is it rewriting history?

 

[Nathanb1]

Lee County, Texas
Jeff Davis County, Mississppi
Granbury, Texas
Cleburne, Texas
Hood County, Texas
Lubbock, Texas
Beauregard Parish, Louisiana
Cleburne County, Arkansas
Cleburne County, Alabama
Forrest County, Mississippi
Forrest City, Arkansas

And that is just off the top of my head, that would be ALOT of renaming.

Actually, almost every county in Texas OR the County seat--or major town-- is named after some Confederate something or other..... I think I'm getting a headache here in McCulloch County.

 

[Nathanb1]

Changing the names of these forts now would do far more harm than good.....

Can't you just imagine scads of soldiers wandering around trying to figure out where they're supposed to go? Fort Anonymous....Fort Can't-Speak-The-Name......

 

[ole]

Someone said, "Don't sweat the petty things." And then added the corollary, "Don't pet the sweaty things."

There is, in every situation, someone who reacts violently to nothing important.

Save the fighting for something worth fighting about.

 

[Nathanb1]

Lol! I'm going to start out west here with all the injun fighters! We'll probably meet at the Mississippi!

At least we have Quanah, Texas.

 

[TerryB]

It's one of the major marks of Marxists to want to control the flow of information to the public, and one way they do it is to rewrite history. History has always been in the hands of persons with a political agenda, but it seems like it's getting harder to uncover the real truth, unless you want to do a lot of digging yourself and learn to be a critical thinker. I know of no one on the Left who fits either criterion.