Rep. Jennifer McClellan, D-Virginia, whose district includes the Tri-City area and Fort Gregg-Adams, also is not a fan of changing Fort Gregg-Adams' name.

All three received Medals of Honor at separate Civil War battles in Virginia and North Carolina. More: Retired Lt. Gen. Arthur Gregg, for whom Fort Lee's name was changed, dies at 96 ...

Fort Gregg-Adams in Virginia has been renamed Fort Lee, now honoring Black Medal of Honor recipient Private Fitz Lee instead of Confederate General Robert E. Lee.

Fort Lee Fort Lee was changed to a hyphenated name, Fort Gregg-Adams, and was the only one to commemorate someone who remained alive at the time — Lt. Gen. Arthur J. Gregg.

Fort Lee will revert to its original name after being briefly named Fort Gregg-Adams. The new Fort Lee will be named after Private Fitz Lee, a Buffalo Soldier and Medal of Honor recipient. Rep.

Fort Gregg-Adams, formerly Fort Lee, was in 2023 the first Army base to be named for Black Americans. Now, it'll be the first named for a Buffalo Solider.

Fort Lee is now named for Pvt. Fitz Lee. The new namesake was a Buffalo Soldier who earned the Medal of Honor. By Nicholas Slayton Published Jun 19, 2025 8:00 AM EDT When the U.S. Army announced ...

Highway and street signs around central Virginia still refer to the old name. The Virginia Department of Transportation told The Progress-Index it was working with Fort Lee on those switches to ...

Among those changed in April 2023 was Fort Lee in Prince George County, whose title memorialized Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. It took on the name “Fort Gregg-Adams" in honor of two high ...