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 ...
WASHINGTON — In a heated Senate Armed Services Committee hearing Tuesday, Trump’s U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth defended the Pentagon’s controversial move to restore Confederate names of ...
In 2023, amid a national reckoning on issues of race in America, seven Army bases’ names were changed because they honored Confederate leaders. Now, those same bases are reverting back to their ...
Introduction -- 1. Confederate naval activity in Europe: the first phase, 1861 -- 2. The first cruisers: January-July 1862 -- 3. The hope-filled era: first ironclad construction, July-December 1862 -- ...