The name was changed to Fort Liberty nearly two years ago and is now named for PFC Roland L. Bragg, who was born in Sabattus, Maine. London’s Heathrow Airport announces complete shutdown due to ...
Fort Bragg has officially changed back to its original name after briefly being renamed Fort Liberty in June 2023. The name change honors Private First Class Roland L. Bragg, a World War II ...
Then in 2020, Congress moved to strip the base of its name, mandating a new one. The base was renamed Fort Liberty as part of the U.S. military’s examination of its history with race.
after being Fort Liberty since 2023. The name change is in honor of a World War II paratrooper and Silver Star recipient from Maine, Pfc. Roland L. Bragg. It was officially named in honor of ...
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 ...
The base was renamed Fort Liberty in June 2023, after Congress passed a law barring names of Confederate figures at military installations. Bragg has been renamed for Pfc. Roland Bragg ...
(AP Photo/Chris Seward, File) Vehicles pass a sign for Fort Liberty, an Army installation near Fayetteville, N.C., on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. The name was changed from Fort Bragg in 2023 ...
THEN IN JUNE OF 2023, THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE RENAMED IT FORT LIBERTY AS PART OF AN EFFORT TO REBRAND INSTALLATIONS HONORING CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS. FORMER PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN VISITED FORT LIBERTY ...