Posted on Aug 30, 2022
Commission recommends stripping Confederate service academy honors
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"A congressionally mandated commission formed to identify and recommend changes to bases, ships and more named for Confederates dropped the second piece of its three-part report on Monday.
In it, the Naming Commission calls for renaming, relocation or removal of a handful of buildings, monuments and roads at the United States Military Academy and the United States Naval Academy."
In it, the Naming Commission calls for renaming, relocation or removal of a handful of buildings, monuments and roads at the United States Military Academy and the United States Naval Academy."
Commission recommends stripping Confederate service academy honors
Posted from marinecorpstimes.comPosted in these groups: 
United States Military Academy (USMA West Point)
United States Naval Academy (USNA)
United States Military Academy (USMA West Point) United States Naval Academy (USNA)
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Lincoln issued a proclamation of amnesty to all confederates and Johnson gave a pardon -- in the 160+ years since then, the Soldiers who've passed through the various named places have created a new legacy with their actions -- forgive, never forget, and drive on
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Why do we even have military honors based off the Confederacy? They literally fought against America. Traitors.
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LTC Eugene Chu
..."At West Point, the commission recommends that the installation:
Rename Beauregard Place, Lee Barracks, Lee Housing Area, Lee Area Child Development Center, Lee Road, Lee Gate and Hardee Place.
Relocate or remove a portrait of Robert E. Lee in Confederate uniform hanging in Jefferson Hall and Reconciliation Plaza, a memorial honoring Confederate troops.
Modify a triptych painting in Bartlett Hall honoring Confederate troops.
Remove a Robert E. Lee quote on “Honor Plaza,” a monument engraved with the West Point honor code."...
..."At West Point, the commission recommends that the installation:
Rename Beauregard Place, Lee Barracks, Lee Housing Area, Lee Area Child Development Center, Lee Road, Lee Gate and Hardee Place.
Relocate or remove a portrait of Robert E. Lee in Confederate uniform hanging in Jefferson Hall and Reconciliation Plaza, a memorial honoring Confederate troops.
Modify a triptych painting in Bartlett Hall honoring Confederate troops.
Remove a Robert E. Lee quote on “Honor Plaza,” a monument engraved with the West Point honor code."...
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