How the Trump Administration Is Erasing History and Ignoring the Wishes of Descendants of Confederate Leaders
Jennifer Barnhill is a columnist for Military.com writing about military families. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth recently renamed Fort Liberty, North Carolina, choosing the name Fort Bragg. Not that Bragg, though. The base had long been called Fort Bragg in honor of a Confederate general, but it was changed in 2023 following a congressional mandate to […]
160 Years Later, Descendants of Army's Sand Creek Massacre Still Wait for Justice
Less than a week after Thanksgiving in 1864, Army Col. John Chivington had a plan for a Native American encampment he gazed down upon. His designs stood in wild opposition to a part of the holiday’s history tied to breaking bread with tribes. Chivington ordered nearly 700 troops to attack the tent camp, where members […]