Website honoring World War I hero Henry Johnson taken down

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Website honoring World War I hero Henry Johnson taken down

President Trump's new administration has cut funding for many federal programs and initiatives so far, including diversity, equity, and inclusion - or DEI. Now a website honoring Sergeant Henry Johnson has gone down.

President Trump’s new administration has cut funding for many federal programs and initiatives so far, including diversity, equity and inclusion – or DEI.

Now a website honoring Sgt. Henry Johnson has gone down.

Johnson is an African-American World War I hero from Albany, known for fighting off a raid of German soldiers to save the lives of his fellow Americans.

If you visit the Army website, there was a page about a fort being re-named after Henry Johnson. Now, it reads “page not found.” At the top it reads “archived historical content from culturally-focused Army websites is under review for compliance with executive policy … Content will be reposted after the review.”

Fort Johnson in Louisiana was renamed after Congress approved updating any military bases originally named after Confederate leaders.

A webpage on baseball legend Jackie Robinson went down temporarily last week.