Before George Strait became the “King of Country Music,” he wore a very different kind of crown.

In 2023, when the U.S. Department of Defense changed of the name of Fort Polk to remove the stain of honoring a Confederate, slaveholding Episcopal bishop, many in Louisiana railed against the move.

The fort will no longer be named after Sgt. William Henry Johnson. Instead, a building will bear his name. Weeks after Fort Johnson became Fort Polk once again, a major building at the fort in Vernon ...

Fort Polk will be renamed after Gen. James H. Polk on July 11. The base was briefly named Fort Johnson after Sgt. William Henry Johnson, a Black World War I hero. The renaming reverts a previous ...

The Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Polk will hold a garrison Renaming Ceremony at 9 a.m. Friday, July 11, in honor of Gen. James H. Polk, states a release issued by the Vernon Parish ...