Military base named after Robert E. Lee renamed after Black U.S. Army officers

The Army held a redesignation ceremony in Virginia on Thursday to change the name of Fort Lee, named after Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, to Fort Gregg-Adams. The new name honors two Black Army officers, Lt. Gen. Arthur Gregg and Lt. Col. Charity Adams. At the event, Gen. Charles Hamilton said Gregg and Adams “exemplified the very best of the United States Army.”