Earlier this month marked the 160th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. The names of significant Confederate people are found everywhere within the United States (streets, schools, libraries, statues, etc.). Join us as we talk about the historical significance, who or what these changes should apply to, and how we should tackle places named after controversial people.

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Garamone, Jim, "DOD Begins Implementing Naming Commission Recommendations", Jan. 5, 2023 https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/3260434/dod-begins-implementing-naming-commission-recommendations/ 

Kuznar, Lawrence A. ,  I Detest Our Confederate Monuments, But They Should Remain, Washington Post, August 18th 2017 https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/i-detest-our-confederate-monuments-but-they-should-remain/2017/08/18/13d25fe8-843c-11e7-902a-2a9f2d808496_story.html 

Petraeus, David, "Take Confederate Names Off Our Army Bases", The Atlantic, June 9th, 2020 https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/06/take-confederate-names-off-our-army-bases/612832/ 

Urell,Aaryn, “The Truth about Confederate-Named Schools.” Equal Justice Initiative, 16 Sept. 2020, eji.org/news/the-truth-about-confederate-named-schools/. Accessed 14 July 2023.

1stLT Winnefeld, James A. “Here’s What to Do about the Naval Academy’s Confederate Names: Change Them.” U.S. Naval Institute, 6 July 2020, www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2020/july/heres-what-do-about-naval-academys-confederate-names-change-them. Accessed 15 July 2023.