A Promise Delivered: Ten American Heroes and the Battle to Rename Our Nation's Military Bases

In 2020, a bipartisan act of Congress mandated changing the names of nine military bases previously named for Confederate soldiers.

In 2025, the Trump administration bypassed the law to restore the Confederate names.

This is the inspiring story behind the ten American heroes whose names had been originally chosen, told by two members of the Naming Commission that selected them.

"A timely and inspiring history." —Ken Burns, award-winning documentarian and filmmaker

In 2020, the United States Co...