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Confederate base renamed for member of Choctaw nation. Other renaming dates announced. [1]

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Date: 2023-03-26

On Friday, the renaming date changing Fort Hood to Fort Cavazos was announced.

Also on Friday, Fort Pickett in Virginia was renamed Fort Barfoot.

An Army base in Blackstone, Virginia, officially changed its name from "Fort Pickett" to "Fort Barfoot" Friday in honor of Col. Van Barfoot, a World War II Medal of Honor recipient.

"Fort Pickett is the first of nine Army installations to be redesignated this year, and I could not think of a more fitting soldier to have the first honor," director of the Army National Guard, Lt. Gen. Jon Jensen, said in a ceremony Friday. "Thanks to this historic renaming in honor of one of America's great heroes, members of the Army and our country will surely know of the impact Col. Barfoot had on our nation."

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