A parking deck at the Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center in Richmond, VA (VA via Facebook)
16 Dec 2020
While the Pentagon faces a new congressional mandate to rename bases honoring Confederate generals within three years, the Department of Veterans Affairs has no plans to do likewise under President Donald Trump, VA Secretary Robert Wilkie says. And that includes the Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center in Richmond, Virginia named for a Confederate doctor with a troubling racial history.
During an interview this fall, Wilkie said he has received no feedback from veterans on congressional efforts to change military installations named for Confederate officers, including Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Fort Benning, Georgia; and Fort Lee, Virginia.