Rep. Wesley Hunt, R-Texas, defended President Donal Trump's decision to restore Robert E. Lee's name to a military base in Virginia, during an appearance on "Real Time" on Friday.

President Trump announced Tuesday that he will restore the names of Fort Robert E. Lee and six other military bases that formerly honored Confederate war leaders. “For a little breaking news, we ...

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.

Rather than restore the name of Gen. Robert E. Lee, the Confederate commander who defended slavery, the Army found Pvt. Fitz Lee, who was Black and fought in the Spanish-American War.

For example, Fitz Lee was born in Dinwiddie County in central Virginia, while Robert E. Lee was born in Westmoreland County, part of Virginia’s Northern Neck and more than 100 miles from Dinwiddie.

The base had honored Confederate Gen. John Brown Gordon, who was one of Gen. Robert E. Lee's most trusted commanders and later became a staunch defender of the Lost Cause narrative.

Trump to restore Confederate generals like Robert E. Lee to military bases after Biden changed them Congress mandated removal of Confederate traitors from base names in late 2020 Andrew Feinberg ...

Rep. Wesley Hunt, R-Texas, defended former President Donald Trump's decision to restore the name of Confederate General Robert E. Lee to Fort Gregg-Adams during an appearance on "Real Time" Friday ...

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Two and a half months earlier, on April 9, Confederate General Robert E. Lee had surrendered at Appomattox, Virginia, near the ship’s namesake Shenandoah Valley.