House and Senate Democrats are pushing bills to strip the names of Confederate generals from Army base names and other military properties.

Rep. Yvette Clarke, D-N.Y., a Congressional Black Caucus member, is working on a bill that would mandate military installations be renamed in order to no longer celebrate men who fought for slavery’s continuance. Ten House Democrats from New York and New Jersey have signed on.

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