Fort Gordon now Fort Eisenhower.

The post in Georgia has been renamed for Kansan and former President, Dwight Eisenhower.

It's somewhat surprising to realize that nothing had been named for Eisenhower until now.   Eisenhower is so well known to Americans, he really needs no introduction here.

Gordon might.

A lawyer and a plantation owner, Gordon was a cavalry commander during the Civil War.  Following the South's defeat, he was elected to the U.S. Senate from Georgia, became its Governor, and then returned to the Senate.  He never recanted from his racist views.  He died in 1904.

Ft. Benning renamed Ft. Moore.

 

This will be the first in a series of such name changes.

Ft. Benning was named for Henry L. Benning, a Georgia lawyer who had served as a Confederate General during the Civil War.  Benning was a lifelong Georgia resident who died in the state at age 61 in 1875.  He was an ardent secessionist and opponent of emancipation, who nonetheless had the fort and a Liberty Ship named for him.

Lt. Gen. Hal Moore was a legendary Vietnam War commander who served as the first air cavalry commander in the war.    Julia Moore was his wife, who was born of a military family, and who is closely associated with supporting the family members of the unit when it was deployed.  Their relationship is portrayed in the film version of the general's book, We Were Soldiers Once, And Young.

The forst was renamed yesterday.