Republican Gov. Jeff Landry directed the Louisiana National Guard on Monday to restore "Camp Beauregard" as the name of its training center in Pineville.

But instead of honoring Confederate Gen. Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard as it was intended when the center opened in 1917, it will be named for the general's father, Capt. Jacques Toutant Beauregard, a member of the Louisiana militia who fought in the 1815 Battle of New Orleans, a defining moment in the U.S. victory over Britain in the War of 1812.

"We're naming our premier training installation after an American hero and patriot who fought for the freedom of the city of New Orleans, the State of Louisiana, and the United States of America against a foreign invader," Maj. Gen. Thomas Friloux, adjutant general of Louisiana's National Guard, said in a news release.

Last month, the Trump administration returned seven U.S. Army bases to their original names after they had been changed in 2023 to avoid honoring Confederate leaders. They were part of an overall group of nine that honored Confederate military leaders whose names were recommended for removal by an independent commission created by the Democrat-controlled Congress in 2021.

"We are also going to be restoring the names to Fort Pickett, Fort Hood, Fort Gordon, Fort Rucker, Fort Polk, Fort A.P. Hill, and Fort Robert E. Lee," Trump said in a June 11 speech at Fort Bragg, which earlier this year was changed from Fort Liberty, as well as Fort Benning from Fort Moore, by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

"We won a lot of battles out of those forts. It's no time to change. And I'm superstitious. I like to keep it going, right?" Trump said. "I'm very superstitious. We want to keep it going. So that's a big story. We just announced that today to you for the first time."

Landry's approach of returning the Pineville installation to a previous name but recognizing an alternative service member with the same is similar to the Trump administration's.

For years, Fort Polk in Vernon Parish, Louisiana, honored Leonidas Polk, a Confederate general, slave owner, and Louisiana's first Episcopal bishop. In 2023, its name was changed to Fort Johnson in honor of Sgt. William Henry Johnson, a Black Medal of Honor recipient who fought with French forces in World War I. But now the base honors Gen. James H. Polk, who was awarded a Silver Star for service in World War II.

Capt. Beauregard was a member of the Third Regiment of the Louisiana militia, the forerunner to the state's National Guard. His regiment led the U.S. vanguard on Dec. 23, 1814, in the first land engagement in the Battle of New Orleans against Gen. Edward Pakenham and the British Army before the main engagement on Jan. 8, 1815.

"By restoring the name Camp Beauregard, we honor a legacy of courage and service that dates back over two centuries," Landry said in the news release. "Capt. Jacques Toutant Beauregard stood at the front lines in defense of New Orleans during one of our nation's most defining battles. His patriotism and leadership continue to inspire generations of Louisiana Guardsmen who stand ready to defend our state and nation at a moment's notice.

"Let this also be a lesson that we should always give reverence to history and not be quick to so easily condemn or erase the dead, lest we and our times be judged arbitrary by future generations."

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