President Trump announced Tuesday that he will restore the names of Fort Robert E. Lee and six other military bases that formerly honored Confederate war leaders.
“For a little breaking news, we are also going to be restoring the names to Fort Pickett [in Virginia], Fort Hood [in Texas], Fort Gordon [in Georgia], Fort Rucker [in Alabama], Fort Polk [in Louisiana], Fort A.P. Hill [in Virginia] and Fort Robert E. Lee [also in Virginia],” Trump said in a speech at Fort Bragg in North Carolina marking the US Army’s 250th anniversary.
“We won a lot of battles out of those forts. It’s no time to change. And I’m superstitious, you know, I like to keep it going, right? I’m very superstitious,” Trump said.
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The base that hosted Trump was itself recently renamed — though in that case, the Army in February restored its original moniker to honor World War II paratrooper and Silver Star recipient Roland Bragg rather than Confederate general Braxton Bragg.
Former President Joe Biden renamed the bases honoring the Confederates in 2023 — with Bragg, the nation’s largest base, briefly known as Fort Liberty instead.
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It’s unclear whether Trump requires fresh legal authority to restore the names — particularly those of Fort A.P. Hill and Fort Robert E. Lee, which he implied would not be rechristened in honor of someone of the same surname.
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