Fort Hood, the third-largest U.S. military base, has been renamed Fort Cavazos in honor of Gen. Richard Edward Cavazos, the first Hispanic American four-star Army general and brigadier general. The renaming is part of a military-wide effort to rename bases, memorials, and other installations associated with Confederate figures. The change involved changing more than 400 signs, a process that was about halfway through by Tuesday.
Fort Hood, a US Army base in Texas plagued by a series of tragedies, will be renamed Fort Cavazos after the Army's first Hispanic four-star general, Gen. Richard Edward Cavazos. The renaming is part of an effort to remove Confederate names from military bases. The change comes at a time when the military is confronting racial injustice and domestic extremism within its ranks. The base was named after a Confederate general and has been the site of several suicides, homicides, and fatal accidents.
Fort Hood, a U.S. Army installation in Central Texas, will be renamed Fort Cavazos in honor of Gen. Richard Edward Cavazos, a Texas-born hero of the Korean and Vietnam wars who was the first Hispanic to reach the rank of four-star general in the U.S. Army. The redesignation ceremony will take place on May 9, 2023, and will be streamed live online. Fort Hood is one of nine U.S. Army installations being redesignated based on the Naming Commission’s recommendations to remove the names, symbols, displays, monuments and paraphernalia that honor or commemorate the Confederate States of America.
