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June 14, 2020 | 10:33 AM
US base namesakes include slaveholders, failed generals
Gen. Braxton Bragg, namesake for the famed North Carolina Army base, was also a slaveholder and an unpopular general who resigned his command after defeat in 1863 at Chattanooga.
June 4, 2020 | 12:39 PM
Massive Robert E. Lee statue in Richmond, Va., will be removed
“Yes, that statue has been there for a long time. But it was wrong then, and it is wrong now — so we’re taking it down,” Gov. Ralph Northam said.
By Bill Chappell/NPR July 1, 2014 | 11:20 AM
