This story was updated on Friday, April 18 at 12:24 p.m.
Less than two years after changing the name of Columbus military base Fort Benning to Fort Moore, the U.S. military held a ceremony this week to restore the base’s name, this time dedicating it after a different and less controversial figure.
A renaming ceremony took place at McGinnis-Wickam Hall at Fort Benning on Wednesday. The event featured a colors casing and uncasing, as well as the unveiling of a memorial plaque.
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