Ten Army bases are named after Confederate officers, including Fort Bragg, Fort Benning, Fort Gordon and Fort A.P. Hill
Al Sharpton's group demands military remove Confederate references from bases
If Al Sharpton and his National Action Network have their way, the military will remove all references to the Confederacy from its bases and rename posts that honor Confederate leaders. On Thursday, Kirsten John Foy, the northeast regional director for Sharpton's group, held a press conference in front of Fort Hamilton in Brooklyn, New York, saying it's "unacceptable" that the base's main street is named "General Lee Avenue."
"Fort Hamilton is the face of the US Army here in New York and the face of the US Army here in New York is General Robert E. Lee," he said. "That is unacceptable as a New Yorker, as an American, and as a person of good conscience."
Lee, the Business Insider said, "served at Fort Hamilton in the 19th century before he left the US Army." Lee served as the post engineer from 1841 - 1846 and was responsible for turning the fort into a "substantial emplacement." The street named after him is about a half-mile long.
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