Protesters outside Fort Hamilton call for General Lee Avenue to be renamed
Reverend Al Sharpton and the National Action Network (NAN) held a protest and vigil outside the Fort Hamilton Army Base on June 27 to decry a street within the base named after a Confederate general.
Sharpton and members of his civil rights organization gathered outside the base’s main gate at Fort Hamilton Parkway and 101 Street, joined in prayer and denounced General Lee Avenue, which runs through the base.
The U.S. Army named the street after Confederate General Robert E. Lee, who served at Fort Hamilton from 1841 to 1846.