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Re: Naval Academy Removes Confederate Name From Campus Building, Replaces It With Dem President 

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Not a very auspicious choice by the U.S. Naval Academy since, in Lt. (Ret.) Jimmuh Carter's last naval engagement on April 20, 1979, his fishing boat was almost sunk by a swamp rabbit that swam at him aggressively. 

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Naval Academy Removes Confederate Name From Campus Building, Replaces It With Dem President
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The U.S. Navy has changed the name of a Naval Academy campus building that formerly held the name of a Confederate leader to honor former Democratic President Jimmy Carter.

The Naval Academy building initially honored Matthew Fontaine Maury, an oceanography trailblazer also known as “pathfinder of the seas” who “resigned his U.S. commission” to join Confederate Naval forces, Navy Times reported. Now, the building will bear the name “Carter Hall” after the 39th President of the United States, Jimmy Carter.


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