Fort Barfoot’s Directorate of Public Works employees have helped make signs with the post’s new name to replace existing ones around the installation. See photos of that process here: https ...

The Virginia National Guard’s Fort Pickett was officially redesignated Fort Barfoot in honor of Col. Van T. Barfoot, a World War II Medal of Honor recipient with extensive Virginia ties, during ...

BLACKSTONE, Va. -- Fort Pickett, an Army post in Virginia's rural Nottoway County, was officially renamed Fort Barfoot, after Army Tech. Sgt. Van T. Barfoot, during a ceremony Friday. People who ...

Fort Pickett, a Virginia National Guard installation approximately 60 miles south of Richmond, will become the first Army installation named after a Confederate soldier to change its name this Friday.

Fort Pickett, an Army National Guard installation 60 miles south of Richmond, will be redesignated Fort Barfoot on Friday, honoring Col. Van T. Barfoot, a World War II Medal of Honor recipient ...

Fort Pickett, Virginia will officially become Fort Barfoot this week, the first Army base to ditch a moniker honoring Confederate soldiers. Check out our latest YouTube videos. Watch here 🎥 ...

An Army base in Blackstone, Virginia, officially changed its name from "Fort Pickett" to "Fort Barfoot" Friday in honor of Col. Van Barfoot, a World War II Medal of Honor recipient. Earlier this ...

The camp became a more permanent installation, Fort Pickett, in 1974, and was turned over to the Virginia National Guard in 1997. Chris Cameron is based in the Washington bureau.

The Virginia National Guard’s Fort Pickett will be redesignated Fort Barfoot on March 24 in honor of Col. Van T. Barfoot, who received the Medal of Honor for his actions as a technical sergeant ...

FORT BARFOOT, Va. (WRIC) — The Virginia National Guard post formerly known as Fort Pickett was officially renamed on Friday. The Nottoway County-based camp was first opened in 1941 as part of ...

Fort Pickett — is now Fort Barfoot, named for Col. Van T. Barfoot, a Native American World War II hero credited with capturing 17 Nazis and killing several more during a single battle in 1944.