Website documenting the work of the Naming Commission, including their final report and recommendations regarding Department of Defense assets (e.g., names, symbols, displays, monuments, or paraphernalia) that commemorate the efforts of the Confederate army and any costs associated with changing them.
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Website documenting the work of the Naming Commission, including their final report and recommendations regarding Department of Defense assets (e.g., names, symbols, displays, monuments, or paraphernalia) that commemorate the efforts of the Confederate army and any costs associated with changing them.
The Naming Commission - Final Report to Congress, Part I: United States Army Bases - ark:/67531/metadc2285378
The Naming Commission - Final Report to Congress, Part II: U.S. Military Academy and U.S. Naval Academy - ark:/67531/metadc2285379
The Naming Commission - Final Report to Congress, Part III: Renaming Department of Defense Assets - ark:/67531/metadc2285380
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Report summarizing the recommendations of The Naming Commission's findings regarding army bases as mandated by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021, which mandates the removal of names, symbols, displays, monuments and paraphernalia that honor or commemorate the Confederate States of America. "Part 1 of the three-part Naming Commission Final Report .... recommends new names for nine military bases (Fort Hood, Texas; Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Fort Rucker, Alabama; Fort Polk, Louisiana; Fort Benning and Fort Gordon in Georgia; and Fort A. P. Hill, Fort Lee and Fort Pickett in Virginia), the disposition of all Confederacy-affiliated and named Department of Defense assets on those bases, and additional guidance for the nine bases." [Executive Summary, Page 2]
The Naming Commission - Final Report to Congress, Part I: United States Army Bases - ark:/67531/metadc2285378
Report summarizing the recommendations of The Naming Commission's findings regarding military academies in the United States as mandated by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021, which mandates the removal of names, symbols, displays, monuments and paraphernalia that honor or commemorate the Confederate States of America. "Part II of the Naming Commission 's Final Report .... addresses assets on the United States Military Academy (USMA) at West Point and the United States Naval Academy (USNA) at Annapolis." [Executive Summary, Page 2]
The Naming Commission - Final Report to Congress, Part II: U.S. Military Academy and U.S. Naval Academy - ark:/67531/metadc2285379
Report summarizing the recommendations of The Naming Commission's findings as mandated by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021, which mandates the removal of names, symbols, displays, monuments and paraphernalia that honor or commemorate the Confederate States of America. "Part III of the Naming Commission 's Final Report .... contains recommendations for the disposition of all Confederacy-affiliated and named Department of Defense assets not already covered" in previous parts of the report. [Executive Summary, Page 2]
The Naming Commission - Final Report to Congress, Part III: Renaming Department of Defense Assets - ark:/67531/metadc2285380