JOHN DICKERSON: The Trump Administration has been changing the names of military bases and geographical landmarks, and now more changes may be coming.
MAURICE DuBOIS: CBS News has learned name changes are being considered for Navy ships. The Pentagon says DefenseSecretary Pete Hegseth wants the names to reflect the Commander-in-Chief's priorities, our nation's history, and the warrior ethos. Here is Tom Hanson.
TOM HANSON: Navy documents obtained by CBS News propose a timeline to the rollout of the name change of the Harvey Milk, a ship named after the first openly gay man to be elected to office in California. The proposal comes during Pride Month, the month-long observance of the LGBTQ+ community that coincides with the anniversary of the Stonewall uprising of 1969.
That's you.
MARK SEGAL: That is absolutely me.
HANSON: Mark Segal was there when police raided the club. Protesters resisted. It was a major milestone in the LGBT movement.
SEGAL: We were a unified force, and that meant supporting our trans brothers and sisters.
HANSON: That history is preserved both here at the inn, and a few steps away at the Stonewall National Monument, commemorating the birth of what ultimately became LGBTQ+. But on its website, the National Park Service, without explanation, removed the entire back part, including “T” for transgender.
SEGAL: I was part of that history. I know what my trans brothers and sisters did, and I'm going to continue telling that story, with or without a government web page which erases that T.
ALAN SPEARS: What disturbs me is that I don't know that we are done yet. Seeing this effort to scrub and rewrite American history.
HANSON: Alan Spears is the resident historian with the National Parks Conservation Association.
What's your biggest fear? Seeing what we are seeing today --
SPEARS: These things always start slowly. We’re going to remove a photograph from a website. We’re going to scrub some language. It doesn't make a great deal of sense to talk about the American Civil War and not talk about the issues of race, slavery.
HANSON: Now we should also note Harvey Milk was a Navy veteran who served during the Korean War. The documents obtained by CBS News reveal other Navy vessels on the recommended list for renaming. They are ships named for trailblazers, including Thurgood Marshall, Harriet Tubman, Cesar Chávez, and Medgar Evers.
DICKERSON: Tom Hanson, thank you.
