Fort Lee in Virginia will be officially renamed Fort Gregg-Adams, named after two Black officers who made significant contributions to the U.S. Army.
April 24, 2023, 6:15 PM UTCFort Lee in Virginia will be officially renamed Fort Gregg-Adams on Thursday after two Black officers who made significant contributions to the U.S. Army.
The post is one of nine Army bases that will be renamed as part of the process of redesignating bases named after Confederate leaders, according to“We are deeply honored to have Lt. Gen. Arthur Gregg and Lt. Col. Charity Adams as the new namesakes for our installation,” Maj. Gen. Mark Simerly, commander of the U.S. Army Combined Arms Support Command and senior commander of Fort Lee, said in the statement.
At 94, Gregg will be the only living person in modern Army history to have an installation named after him, according to the. Gregg’s military logistics career spanned nearly 36 years, and he experienced the challenges of desegregating the armed forces, which began shortly after he enlisted in 1946. After completing officer candidate school in 1949, his first assignment was at Fort Lee in 1950, and when he retired in 1981, he was the highest ranking Black officer in the U.S. military.
Two other bases in Virginia — Fort A.P. Hill and Fort Pickett — were also scheduled to be renamed by the congressional
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