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On April 27, 2023, the post was redesignated Fort Gregg-Adams. [5] It is the first U.S. military base to be named for African Americans. Fort Gregg-Adams is a census-designated place (CDP) with a population of 9,874 as of the 2020 census – nearly triple the size of the 2010 census count. [6]
There are nine major U.S. military bases that were formerly named in honor of Confederate military leaders, all in former Confederate States. [12] All were renamed in 2023: Fort Benning (1917), near Columbus, Georgia , named for Confederate General Henry L. Benning , was redesignated Fort Moore on 11 May 2023 in honor of General Hal Moore and ...
Fort Lee, an Army base in Virginia named after a Confederate general, was renamed on Thursday as Fort Gregg-Adams to honor Lt. Gen. Arthur Gregg and Lt. Col. Charity Adams, two Black officers who ...
The CASCOM commander, on 27 April 2023, redesignated Fort Lee as Fort Gregg-Adams after two African American officers Lt. Gen. Arthur J. Gregg and Lt. Col. Charity Adams. The name change was recommended by the Commission on the Naming of Items of the Department of Defense as part of the renaming of military assets which were associated with the ...
The family of retired Lt. Gen. Arthur Gregg listens to speakers during a memorial service Sept. 16, 2024, at Fort Gregg-Adams, Va. Gregg, one of the namesakes for the post, died Aug. 22, 2024.
The mission of the U.S. Army Ordnance Training and Heritage Center is to acquire, preserve, and exhibit historically significant equipment, armaments and materiel that relate to the history of the U.S. Army Ordnance Corps and to document and present the evolution and development of U.S. military ordnance material dating from the American Colonial Period to the present day.
RICHMOND – An Army officer and two sergeants stationed at Fort Gregg-Adams are in legal trouble after they reportedly defrauded the government out of COVID-19 relief funds.
Adams was the highest-ranking African-American woman in the army by the completion of the war. A monument honoring her was dedicated at Fort Lee, Virginia on November 30, 2018. Fort Gregg-Adams was renamed in honor of Earley and Lieutenant General Arthur J. Gregg in 2023, the first-ever U.S. military base bearing the names of African Americans.