CONFEDERATE NEWS SUMMARY

 

CONFEDERATE NEWS SUMMARY

Fort Polk, Louisiana and other U.S. Military bases may soon be changed if the National Defense Authorization Act is passed. The bill, passed by veto proof margins in  both the House of Representatives and Senate, now goes to a conference committee to iron out the differences between the House and Senate bills.

The president's concerns includes the provision to rename the 10 military bases named in honor of Confederate generals, including Fort Polk, which is named for Louisiana Episcopal Bishop Leonidas Polk and a Confederate general killed in action during the Atlanta Campaign in 1864. Any other military facilities with Confederate connections would also be wiped out by the "politically correct cleansing act."

Last month, it was reported that 56 percent of Americans polled were against renaming the bases, but the Congress appears to be oblivious to public opinion in the haste to appease various violent radical groups pushing that measure, as well as defunding police and other issues.

President Trump has been staunchly opposed to such historical revisionism. He wrote in June, "It has been suggested we should rename as many as 10 of our Legendary Military Bases, such as Fort Bragg in North Carolina, Fort Hood, Texas, Fort Benning in Georgia, etc. These Monumental and very Powerful Bases have become part of a Great American Heritage, and a history of Winning, Victory, and Freedom. The United States of America trained and deployed our HEROES on these Hallowed Grounds, and won two World Wars. There, my Administration will not even consider the renaming of these Magnificent and Fabled Military Installations. Our history as the Greatest Nation in the World will not be tampered with."

Louisiana Bishop Leonidas Polk

Confederate Lt. Gen. Leonidas Polk