Virginia Army base renamed in honor of Native American war hero; first of 9 Army bases to drop Confederate name

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. Earlier this year, the Pentagon began the process of renaming nine Army bases, and hundreds of other items, which had names honoring the Confederacy. The decision to do so was handed down by the Naming Commission, which was created in 2021 for this purpose. "Fort Pickett is the first of nine Army installations to be redesignated this year, and...