Fort Moore in Georgia is going back to being named Fort Benning. This time, the Trump Administration said it’s in honor of Neligh, Nebraska native Cpl. Fred Benning, who served in France during WWI. He was a recipient of the Distinguished Service Cross,
Cpl. Fred Benning was a World War I hero who became a baker, a successful businessman, and the mayor of Neligh, Nebraska.
Fort Benning’s name honored a Confederate general who supported slavery for more than a century. The military changed the name two years ago, but now the Trump administration is set on restoring the familiar name for a different Benning.
Fred Benning settled in Neligh, Nebraska, and married in 1926 ... Associated Press Writers Russ Bynum in Savannah, Georgia, and Lolita Baldor, in Washington, D.C., contributed reporting.
Fred Benning settled in Neligh, Nebraska, and married in 1926 ... Associated Press Writers Russ Bynum in Savannah, Georgia, and Lolita Baldor, in Washington, D.C., contributed reporting.