Two months after his discharge, on Sept. 14, 1899, Lee died. He was buried with full military honors at Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery in Kansas. The other Virginia posts renamed in 2023 are the ...

and Virginia. Lee County in Florida formed in 1887 from Monroe County with Fort Myers, the site of the Civil War Battle of Fort Myers, as its county seat. Confederate Memorial Day was started in ...

Retired Lt. Gen. Arthur J. Gregg at the Lee Club at Fort Lee, Virginia, shortly before the club and post was renamed Fort Gregg-Adams in 2023. (Terrance Bell/Army) The Army’s first Black three ...

Retired Lt. Gen. Arthur Gregg, a trailblazing officer who became the Army’s first Black three-star general in 1977 and for whom the former Fort Lee was renamed last year, died Thursday ...

Fort A.P. Hill in Virginia to Fort Walker; Fort Hood in Texas to Fort Cavazos; Fort Lee in Virginia to Fort Gregg-Adams; Fort Pickett in Virginia to Fort Barfoot; Fort Polk in Louisiana to Fort ...

These new designations included two other installations in Virginia. Fort Lee will become Fort Gregg-Adams, named for two soldiers, and Fort Pickett will be renamed Fort Barfoot in honor of Army ...

Lee. It serves as the headquarters of the ... of Honor for his actions in World War I. Fort A.P. Hill in Virginia will be renamed Fort Walker in honor of Dr. Mary Walker. The Oswego, New York ...

Lee County deputies are hoping ... to the murder of a man found dead in Fort Myers Beach 14 years ago. According to the Lee County Sheriff’s Office, Virginia man Jamie Manning, 36, was found ...

FORT GREGG-ADAMS, Va. — U.S. Army Virginia garrison, Fort Lee, was renamed Thursday to Fort Gregg-Adams in honor of two Black officers who helped advance inclusivity and made significant mark ...

The fort has been a key training facility for over a century. Established as Camp Lee in 1917 ... nine U.S. Army bases — including three in Virginia — chosen to honor the two leaders.

Fort Lee, an Army base named for a Confederate general ... Charles Hamilton said at Thursday’s ceremony. The Virginia base was previously named for Confederate Gen. Robert E.

The US Army renamed Virginia’s Fort Lee military base Thursday in honor of two Black service members, following a branch-wide push to rename bases named after Confederate leaders. The base will ...