Last Confederate-Named Army Base Renamed Fort Eisenhower, Completing Pentagon's Renaming Initiative

Pentagon's $62.5 million initiative to distance military from Confederate figures ends with renaming Georgia's Fort Gordon after President Dwight D. Eisenhower, with total re-designation of streets and structures expected by 2024.

• The renaming of Georgia’s Fort Gordon to Fort Eisenhower marks the end of the Pentagon's initiative to rename army bases formerly honoring Confederate figures. The process was carried out in response to the 2020 civil unrest after George Floyd's murder.
• The independent Naming Commission, established to handle this process, was tasked with identifying symbols honoring members of the Confederacy and recommending new identifiers within the U.S. military property.
• The base, formerly named after Confederate Lt. Gen. John Brown Gordon, a slaveholder associated with the Ku Klux Klan, is now named after President Dwight D. Eisenhower, a five-star general who led the invasion of Normandy in World War II.
• Alongside Fort Gordon, eight other army bases with Confederate namesakes have been renamed as part of the initiative. These include installations in North Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Louisiana, and Alabama.
• The initiative, costing an estimated $62.5 million in total, aims to complete the redesignation of streets and other structures on the military bases by Jan. 1, 2024.

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