For more than a century, North Carolina's Fort Bragg honored Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg. In 2023, it was changed to Fort Liberty by a congressionally mandated commission to rename nine bases ...
Two letter-writers say Fort Bragg should not have been changed from its original name. The base was renamed Fort Liberty in June 2023, after Congress passed a law barring names of Confederate figures ...
Fort Bragg officially has its old name back. But WFAE’s Tommy Tomlinson, in his “On My Mind” commentary, says it might be enlightening to know who it was named for in the first place.
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Why was Fort Bragg renamed in 2023? Troubled history explored as Fort Liberty restores name for Ronald L BraggFort Liberty is abandoning its name on Friday and will henceforth be known as Fort Bragg again. However, this time it won't be in honor of Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg, the Department of Defense ...
FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) — The short-lived existence of Fort Liberty came to an end Friday when the nation’s largest Army installation officially returned to its former name: Fort Bragg.
“I never called it Fort Liberty because it wasn’t Fort Liberty. It’s Fort Bragg.” Hegseth said the original name is a legacy for troops who lived and served there and that it was a shame ...
The renaming ceremony comes nearly two years after the Department of Defense officially changed Fort Bragg to Fort Liberty.
The short-lived existence of Fort Liberty came to an end Friday. Fort Bragg is officially known as Fort Bragg again.
The Fort Bragg name has returned to the Army's most populated post, but is associated with a World War II veteran instead of a Confederate general.
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