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What's in a Name? The Dispute over Renaming U.S. Army Bases

confederate soldiers with named US Army bases
September 3, 2020
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Virtual Zoom Webinar

Recent protests over racial issues have rekindled efforts to rename the 10 U.S. Army bases that honor officers of the Confederate States Army, plus one named after a local plantation. Please join the Mershon Center for a virtual conversation about the background of the people for whom these bases are named, the Jim Crow-era politics that influenced their creation, and guidelines for selection of potential replacements.

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