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Rep. Jennifer McClellan, D-4th, and Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., criticized President Donald Trump's plan to restore the names of Fort Lee and other installations formerly named for Confederate officers.
Fort Polk has been renamed to honor Gen. James H. Polk, a decorated World War II veteran. The base was previously named Fort Johnson after Sgt. William Henry Johnson, a World War I hero.
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Fort Polk became Fort Johnson, shedding its Confederate namesake and honoring a Black World War I hero. Now Louisiana's largest military installation will become Fort Polk once again.
FORT JOHNSON — After years of planning and raising funds, work is finally underway at Old Fort Johnson to repair and replace the aging roof and associated systems.
The Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Polk will hold a garrison Renaming Ceremony at 9 a.m. Friday, July 11, in honor of Gen. James H. Polk, states a release issued by the Vernon Parish ...
The Frank W. Mayborn Gate to Fort Hood, located at the intersection of Fort Hood Street and Rancier Avenue, is seen covered in a tarp Tuesday after its lettering was replaced.
Speed skating champion Ted Ellenwood, Jr., 27, died instantly on June 11, 1946 when struck by lightning while golfing.
Locations for the festivities include Hopewell, Busch Gardens, Petersburg, Fort Lee, Colonial Heights, Chesterfield, Richmond, Kings Dominion, Colonial Williamsburg and Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens.
On Tuesday, New York lawmakers proposed new legislation to rename the Patroon Island Bridge to the Sergeant Henry Johnson Memorial Bridge.