In accordance with Department of Defense guidance to implement the Naming Commission’s recommendations, the US Army Corps of Engineers have been directed to provide potential name-changes to Lake Sidney Lanier and Buford Dam.

The William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 designated a congressional Naming Commission to remove the names, symbols, displays, monuments, and paraphernalia that honor the Confederate States of America. Of these DoD-owned assets, four USACE civil works projects were identified: Buford Dam, Buford, Georgia; Lake Sidney Lanier, Buford, Georgia; Stonewall Jackson Lake and Dam, Weston, West Virginia; and Port Allen Lock, Port Allen, Louisiana.

A USACE planning team is working to develop possible name recommendations and establish timelines for this process. The Mobile District is committed to public and stakeholder engagement. For more information, or to provide a public comment regarding the renaming of Lake Sidney Lanier and Buford Dam, please visit: https://www.sam.usace.army.mil/Missions/Lake-Lanier-Buford-Dam-Renaming/ 

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