The Pentagon is moving forward to satisfy a congressional directive in the 2021 defense policy bill that will result in the renaming of at least 10 Army bases and possibly two Navy ships that honor the Confederacy.
Revisionist History
Falls Church, Virginia School Board Cancels Thomas Jefferson
In a unanimous vote Tuesday, the Falls Church, Virginia School Board voted to rename Thomas Jefferson Elementary School, as well as George Mason High School, replacing the names of these Founding Fathers with those of people who are more woke and acceptable to the vanguard of today’s Cultural Revolution.
Virginia Military Institute begins process of moving Stonewall Jackson statue to museum
On Monday, the VMI announced that the process of moving the statue from in front of the barracks on campus to the Virginia Museum of the Civil War and New Market Battlefield State Historical Park has started. Once the statue is removed, contractors will spend several days repairing the stone pedestal before it is moved to the museum. In total, the process will cost $209,000, and it will be paid for out of the VMI’s facility maintenance and operations budget.