Fort Liberty now Fort Bragg. What's the history behind the name and Hegseth's decision?
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s move to rename Fort Bragg appears to be his latest effort to roll back Biden-administration diversity policies for the military. On Monday, a memo from Hegseth ...
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Fort Bragg name should not have been changed in first place | Letters
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 ...
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Nobody’s fooled by the new Fort Bragg name. They weren’t when UNC did the same. | Opinion
Fort Liberty is Fort Bragg again, as ordered by U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth in a memo Monday. But instead of being named for Gen. Braxton Bragg, a Confederate general and slaveowner, ...
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Bragg to Liberty and back again: Ceremony to rechristen Army post once named for a Confederate
FORT BRAGG, N.C. — 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. Christened a ...
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Fort Liberty may become Fort Bragg again, but named after a different soldier
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Is it an honor or a cynical end run? When it comes to the former — and apparently future — Fort Bragg, that’s in the eye of the beholder. North Carolina state Rep.
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Fort Liberty Renamed Fort Bragg, Fulfilling a Trump Campaign Promise
Congress had pushed past President Trump’s veto to rename Fort Bragg, named for a Confederate general, in the final days of his first term. By Chris Cameron Reporting from Fort Bragg ...