Columbus City Leaders Discussing Potential Road Name Changes Following Renaming of Fort Benning

Friday, May 12th, 2023

With the upcoming name change of Fort Benning to Fort Moore, city officials are discussing whether to follow suit in renaming roads and streets named after the post. WRBL sat down with Columbus Mayor Skip Henderson who explained where that process stands.

“This is an incredible opportunity for Columbus to participate with a seat on the front row of history because it’s the first time that a military base has ever been named for a husband and wife,” Mayor Henderson said. “And then the other piece of that is that we’re going to try to support soldiers. We don’t support the name on the sign. We support the soldiers that are on the base.”

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