Grounds and won two world wars so my administration will not consider the renaming of these magnificent and fabled military institutions. Just as an observation, the bases are indeed hallowed as he said but for the troops of all backgrounds, they trained. Not the men that they are named after who took up arms against this country. And the president may not know this but those troops who fought and died in those two world wars, many of them were black. But they were not treated equally by the u. S. Military at the time. It was not de segregated until 1948 and that only happened after a campaign of pressure by black americans. Black americans fought and died in both world wars for a country at the time did not treat them as equal citizens under the law. And made them train at bases named after confederate generals. It is military commanders today who are now talking about replacing those confederate names. Out of respect for the troops they now train. The president has opposed taking dow