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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If anyone was doubting it, Trump just announced that he is restoring the name Fort Robert E Loser…er. Lee.[/quote]

As someone with roots in a European country that fought a civil war, I can't tell you how bizarre it is to put up statutes of or to name buildings after individuals on the losing side of that war. It's just not done. Only in America...[/quote]

And for the most part, it wasn’t done until decades after the Civil War ended. Most confederate statues were built in the 1920s and the 1960s to intimidate Black Americans.[/quote]

I’m the PP and I’m familiar with the history of the statues, but not with the practice of naming federal or public facilities after generals of the losing side. So asked AI.

Public and federal buildings named after Confederate figures were primarily established in two periods:

- **1880s–1920s**: Driven by the "Lost Cause" myth and Jim Crow era, Southern states named buildings like Fort Bragg (1918) to honor Confederates, often for reconciliation or regional pride.
- **1940s–1960s**: Amid the Civil Rights Movement, namings like Forrest Hall (1958) reflected resistance to desegregation.
Most namings occurred in Southern states, targeting military bases, courthouses, and schools.

This is the short answer. The longer answer was much more interesting. [/quote]

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