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State Rep. Griffith on military bases named after Confederate generals

What do Mid-Missouri military veterans think about renaming a dozen or so Army posts named for Confederate generals?

Jefferson City State Rep. Dave Griffith was stationed at both Fort Bragg and Fort Benning.

“There are a lot of us veterans that served in many of these forts. At my American Legion post, in an unofficial poll, the majority are saying ‘no, don’t change those names,'” said Griffith.

As for tearing down statues of Civil War notables and even Christopher Columbus, Griffith said he hopes they won’t be destroyed but maybe displayed in a museum or somewhere else.

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