It's like news, but it's also a lesson in American culture.

The United States has a large military base on the border between Alabama and Georgia. Who is not there, from rangers to orchestra and tank school.

The base was founded at the beginning of the last century and then it was named Fort Benning in honor of Confederate General Henry L. Benning.

In this form lived until 2020.

Following the American protests following the police assassination of George Floyd in 2020, the Congressional Commission recommended removing the names of all Confederate leaders from military bases, including Fort Benning and then-Secretary of War Lloyd Austin renamed Fort Benning to Fort Moor after Lt. Gen. Harold G. Moore, a Vietnam War veteran whose cavalry distinguished themselves in one of the most famous battles of that war in the Ya Drang Valley.

On March 3, 2025, U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced that he would rename Fort Benning.

It is again called Fort Benning, but in honor of another Benning, namely in honor of Fred G. Benning, a corporal who served in the First World War. (article in the Wiki about him created March 4, 2025)

https://www.army.mil/article/283484

A satire worthy of its time.