{"id":41961,"date":"2017-08-23T21:27:50","date_gmt":"2017-08-23T21:27:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2017\/08\/23\/2-naval-academy-buildings-named-for-confederate-officers-would-change-under-proposed-bill\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:51:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:51:19","slug":"2-naval-academy-buildings-named-for-confederate-officers-would-change-under-proposed-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2017\/08\/23\/2-naval-academy-buildings-named-for-confederate-officers-would-change-under-proposed-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Confederate names at Naval Academy could face rough seas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

ANNAPOLIS, Md. \u2014 At the U.S. Naval Academy, where the names of the nation\u2019s military heroes adorn many buildings, two structures honor the memory of American naval officers who fought against the United States of America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Naval Academy superintendent\u2019s stately home, which hosts thousands of visitors every year, and a building that houses the academy\u2019s division of Weapons and Systems Engineering are both named for Confederates who took up arms against the U.S. in the Civil War.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They would have to be renamed under a measure now pending in Congress, as would a barracks named for Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, New York. Separately, Sen. Kristen Gillibrand and Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, both Democrats, have asked the secretary of the Army to rename the 55-year-old barracks at West Point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bill, sponsored by New York Rep. Yvette Clarke, a Democrat, would require the military to change the name of any property that honors individuals who fought for or supported the Confederacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\t