Trump Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth has in the past raged against efforts to change the names of military bases named after Confederate ... in during the Civil War" and is ...

During the Civil War, Confederates targeted free Black people in the North, kidnapping them to sell into slavery. After the ...

Every year, the state of Florida observes the birth of Confederate General Robert E. Lee as an official state holiday.

the only Civil War general from North Carolina. Trump has been adamant in his opposition to renaming bases honoring Confederate leaders. “I have been clear in my opposition to politically ...

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of defense, has voiced strong opposition to removing the names of Confederate ... in during the Civil War. A naming commission ...

It breaks a generational link,” Hegseth said on a podcast last year ... the site of the Civil War Battle of Fort Myers, as its county seat. Confederate Memorial Day was started in Georgia ...