Here's Congress' Detailed Plan To Get Rid of Confederate Base Names and Monuments | Eastern NC Now

The hotly debated issue of renaming 10 Army installations honoring Confederate generals was a key sticking point in the 2021 defense policy bill -- and may still earn the bill a veto from President Donald Trump.

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    The hotly debated issue of renaming 10 Army installations honoring Confederate generals was a key sticking point in the 2021 defense policy bill — and may still earn the bill a veto from President Donald Trump.

    But the full text of the National Defense Authorization Act conference report, released Thursday night, includes a requirement that the bases be renamed within the next three years — and that all "names, symbols, displays, monuments, and paraphernalia that honor or commemorate the Confederate States of America" also be stricken. It also provides detailed plans for a commission that would execute this plan and work with local communities to determine fitting new names for the bases.

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    Read the full article HERE on Military.com
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