Fort Rucker sheds its Confederate moniker with a name change

Another Army installation named for a Confederate general got a name change Monday. Alabama’s Fort Rucker, known as the home of Army aviation, will now be called Fort Novosel. Chief Warrant Officer 4 Michael Novosel was awarded a Medal of Honor for flying a medical evacuation under fire during the Vietnam War. The fort previously carried the name of Confederate General Edmond Rucker, who worked in the railroad business, after the Civil War, with Nathan Bedford Forrest, the first Grand Wizard of the KKK. Fort Novosel is the second in…

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Donald Trump Florida rally LIVE: US President speaks in Fort Myers in final midterms push – Express.co.uk

Express.co.uk Donald Trump Florida rally LIVE: US President speaks in Fort Myers in final midterms pushExpress.co.ukHours before the arrival of the President, Mr Steube spoke to the crowd and received applause for mentioning his support for the new Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, the Second Amendment and for a wall to be built on the Us-Mexico border.Trump shocks with racist new ad days before midtermsCNN US midterm elections: The defining day of Donald Trump's presidencyNEWS.com.auTrump's final campaign stretch rattled by twin calamitiesReutersFinancial Express –International Business Times, India Edition –CTV Newsall 2,537 news…

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Fort Trump? Polish leader dangles offer to US president – fox6now.com

fox6now.com Fort Trump? Polish leader dangles offer to US presidentfox6now.comWASHINGTON — Poland's leader pressed President Donald Trump on Tuesday to consider creating a permanent American military base in Poland, offering a tempting incentive: The installation would be called “Fort Trump.” …and more » us president – Google News

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