Fort Liberty now Fort Bragg. What's the history behind the name and Hegseth's decision?
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth had referred to Fort Benning and Fort Bragg by their original, Confederate-inspired names.
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Fort Bragg 2.0: Army base reverts to its old name, but with a new namesake
A U.S. Army base originally named after a Confederate general, then renamed Fort Liberty, will revert to the name Fort Bragg.
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Fort Bragg is back. Stop the re-renaming of Army bases there.
Hegseth upheld our most important decision: Confederates don’t merit Defense Department commemoration.
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Fort Bragg name restored: Now honors a WWII hero
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth signed an order to restore the name of a special operations base in North Carolina to Fort Bragg. The base was renamed Fort Liberty in 2023 as part of then-President Joe ...
What is Fort Bragg? Hegseth restores Army base name from Fort Liberty.
The base was renamed Fort Liberty in 2023 to disassociate from Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg. It’s now named after Roland L.
Hegseth signs order to restore Fort Bragg name in honor of WWII hero
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth signs a memorandum reversing the name of Fort Liberty back to Fort Bragg while flying in a C-17 operated by the 300th Airlift Squadron en route to Stuttgart, Germany, ...