The Naming Commission - Final Report to Congress, Part I: United States Army Bases

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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 … continued below

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103 p. ; col. ill.

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United States. Naming Commission. August 2022.

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  • Main Title: The Naming Commission - Final Report to Congress, Part I: United States Army Bases
  • Added Title: The Naming Commission: Final Report to Congress
  • Added Title: Naming Commission Final Report: Part 1

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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]

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103 p. ; col. ill.

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Table of Contents: Executive Summary - Preface - Introduction - Methodology -- Renaming, Removal, and Naming Criteria -- Asset Inventories and Cost Estimates -- Renaming Assets and Removal Plan -- Local Sensitivities -- Grave Markers -- Museums -- Selecting the Recommended Base Names -- Selected the Final Recommended Base Names - Base Name Recommendations -- Message from the Chair -- Fort Benning -- Fort Bragg -- Fort Gordon -- Fort A.P. Hill -- Fort Hood -- Fort Lee -- Fort Pickett -- Fort Polk -- Fort Rucker -- Cost Assessment -- Other Recommendations - Appendices & Notes -- Appendix A: Section 1749, NDAA FY20 -- Appendix B: Section 370, NDAA FY21 -- Appendix C: Base Renaming Finalists -- Appendix D: Base Renaming Semi-Finalists -- Appendix E: Base Renaming Candidate Pool -- Appendix F: Confederacy-Affiliated Asset Inventory (for nine Army bases only) -- Notes

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