Trump renamed this or he renamed that. So!!!
During the 2020–2024 terms (which saw a Democratic-majority Congress from 2021–2023 and the administration of Joe Biden), the federal government completed the renaming of over 1,750 military assets and geographic features.
- Geographic Features (Roughly 650 Locations) -In 2021, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland declared the word “squaw”—a derogatory term used against Native American women—offensive. A 13-member task force consulted with nearly 70 tribal governments to review federal lands. In September 2022, the U.S. Board on Geographic Names finalized the renaming of 650 geographic sites (including lakes, mountains, and streams) to strip them of the slur.
- Department of Defense Assets (Over 1,100 Items) – The Fiscal Year 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)—originally authored via a bipartisan effort spurred by congressional Democrats—created an independent Naming Commission. The mandate required the Department of Defense to identify and rename all assets honoring the Confederacy.
The commission identified and renamed more than 1,100 DoD assets, which included:
- 9 Major U.S. Army Bases: Bases across the American South were renamed in 2023. For example, Fort Bragg (NC) was renamed Fort Liberty, and Fort Benning (GA) was renamed Fort Moore.
- Naval and Academy Assets: Various buildings, streets, ships, and monuments at West Point, the U.S. Naval Academy, and other military properties were systematically stripped of Confederate ties.
