Lawmaker Wants to Rename Fort Benning for New Medal of Honor Recipient Alwyn Cashe

[Sherman A1]

A House lawmaker is urging the commission tasked with scrubbing Confederate names from U.S. military bases to rename Fort Benning for Medal of Honor recipient Sgt. 1st Class Alwyn Cashe.

In a letter Wednesday to what's being informally called the Naming Commission, Rep. Stephanie Murphy, D-Fla., argued that naming the Georgia base after Cashe would "'appropriately reflect the courage, values and sacrifices' of the U.S. military," quoting the commission's criteria for choosing new names.

"SFC Cashe is a legend in military circles, beloved in life and revered in death, a hero in the purest sense of the term," she wrote. "I believe he would be an honorable and unifying choice, and hope you will consider recommending him in your report to Congress."

In 2020, Congress created the Naming Commission to rename military bases and other Defense Department property with Confederate namesakes amid a nationwide reckoning over race and the legacy of slavery after the police killing of George Floyd.

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2022/02/03/lawmaker-wants-rename-fort-benning-new-medal-of-honor-recipient-alwyn-cashe.html

[pwb]

1. Keep it simple

just give each fort a number selected randomly? Ft Benning could be Army base 21 Columbus Ga. etc.

[MagickMuffin]

2. We could take this a step further

and demand the names be changed because the Confederates were fighting a war with the United States of America over slavery.

But these traitors should never have been allowed to hold any government official offices much less having statues and military bases named after them.

[Duncanpup]

3. A fine American SFC Cashe

Yes name benning after this fine trooper