SCHUMER ANNOUNCES, FOLLOWING YEARS OF ADVOCACY, FORT POLK OFFICIALLY RENAMED FORT JOHNSON IN HONOR OF AMERICAN HERO, ALBANY RESIDENT & HARLEM HELLFIGHTER & MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENT SGT. HENRY JOHNSON
June 14, 2023
June 14, 2023
WASHINGTON, June 14 (Sen.) -- Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-New York, issued the following news release on June 13, 2023:
Following his long advocacy and personal recommendation to the Department of Defense, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer today announced that Fort Polk in Louisiana has officially been renamed Fort Johnson, in honor of African-American World War I hero and Albany resident Sergeant Henry Johnson. This change comes after Congress authoriz . . .
Following his long advocacy and personal recommendation to the Department of Defense, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer today announced that Fort Polk in Louisiana has officially been renamed Fort Johnson, in honor of African-American World War I hero and Albany resident Sergeant Henry Johnson. This change comes after Congress authoriz . . .