On the 70th anniversary of the end of WW2 last year our museum had exhibitions celebrating the contributions of local Indian, Asian, African and Caribbean people to the allied war effort. It was excellent, informative, and something that many of us were very proud of.

I remember reading about this online.

I am flabbergasted that in the year 2026, our government is alarmed at references to segregation.

Then again, the new plaque at Harper's Ferry manages to avoid mentioning slavery.

Hopefully, after Trump' Presidentship ends, and whichever party form the next US government, all his damage will be put right: the names replaced, the records brought out of hiding, his name removed from public buildings.

Has anyone has told Trump that those black American troops fighting alongside their white mess-mates in WW2 against the Nazis, were fighting to destroy a tyranny that treated coloured as well as Jewish people as untermenschen?

Does he not know that the original names of 19C forts in America were of the generals who founded them or colonists builng towns ther; not ones he picked out from much more recent officers?

Are these all his own ideas, or is he being manipulated by would-be powers behind the throne?

He is dragging his own country down in the eyes of the world - baffling and dismaying the USA's friends, pleasing her enemies - but he, his inner circle and many of his fans, seem unable to realise it. Or do, but don't care.

This was unfortunately coming, when Trump renamed the military bases back to there old civil war names, despite congressional laws against it.

The names they claimed are not the people from the civil war.


Just the obviousness of the names is racist.

We've known that about him ever since he first made it into the news decades ago. :( Part of his appeal to MAGA, I assume. :(

I’m still shacking my head at Trump and his administration for claiming slavery wasn’t such a bad thing because the slaves learn t a trade. Cheers!

I am surprised they had the nerve to try and get away with this racist activity in Netherlands which has one of the most content integrated populations.

He and Kegsbreath have already removed all the official military web pages documenting the heroic actions of the Tuskegee Airmen and all the women who served valiantly in our wars and peace time…

Sadly we seem to be repeating exactly what led to the rise of fascism in the 1930s which led to these guys giving their lives.

Also noticed he shut down the Kennedy Center for renovation, so he does not have to schedule an event for Black history month.

Thanks for drawing attention to another vile act by a vile administration.

Wow. That's pretty blatant, and really low, even for him.