It's interesting to realize that Farragut and Thomas are Southern war heroes, Lincoln had Kentucky roots,
and if we absolutely must memorialize secession as a wrenching tragedy, Longstreet is a very good symbol of a 'Reconstructed' Confederate and postwar Republican.
Which is interesting commentary on the way the installations were named originally: find someone sufficiently mediocre as to pass unremarked by 1930s/1940s outside observers: not Ft. Lee, Ft. Jackson, (or, for that matter, no recognition for New Haven's home town hero: Ft. Arnold).
It's interesting to realize that Farragut and Thomas are Southern war heroes, Lincoln had Kentucky roots,
and if we absolutely must memorialize secession as a wrenching tragedy, Longstreet is a very good symbol of a 'Reconstructed' Confederate and postwar Republican.
And, per Lawfare's blog post, most of the Army bases are named after utterly pathetic boobs in grey.
Which is interesting commentary on the way the installations were named originally: find someone sufficiently mediocre as to pass unremarked by 1930s/1940s outside observers: not Ft. Lee, Ft. Jackson, (or, for that matter, no recognition for New Haven's home town hero: Ft. Arnold).