The president has pandered to his MAGA base through the subterfuge of re-renaming forts after soldiers with the same last ...

However, Fort Hood will now commemorate Colonel Robert B. Hood, a WWI veteran who earned the Distinguished Service Cross, rather than Confederate General John Bell Hood.

It was originally named for Confederate Gen. John Bell Hood, a controversial choice because he never lived in Texas and had a dismal record on the battlefield.

The post's original namesake was Confederate Gen. John Bell Hood. To get around the prohibition on honoring Confederates, the Trump administration says it is renaming the post after a different ...

Compare U.S. Army Gen. Richard Cavazos with Confederate Gen. John Bell Hood. From Kentucky, Hood graduated from West Point and took an oath to serve the nation.

Military officials expect to formally order the return to Confederate base names soon, but with different honorees.

For example, Fort Hood in Texas, originally named for Confederate Gen. John Bell Hood, will now instead honor Distinguished Service Cross recipient Col. Robert B. Hood, who served during World War I.

This news article from Revolver reads like a horror story for those who care about traditional Texan culture, starting with ...