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Instead, the base will be named after Pfc. Roland L. Bragg, a World War II hero who earned a Silver Star for “conspicuous ...
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Defense Secretary Hegseth Renames Fort Liberty To Fort Bragg—But Not After The Confederate General
The army installation’s name was changed to Fort Liberty in 2023, after Congress passed a law to rename all military bases ...
Hegseth’s nod to Confederate names of military bases betrays U.S. ideals
U.S. Military bases were named after Confederate soldiers to appease white supremacists; it was right to rename them.
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Descendant of Fort Rucker Confederate namesake: ‘We don’t want our name back on an Alabama base’
A descendant of Confederate Col. Edmund Rucker today denounced demands from Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen that Fort Novosel revert to being named after her distant cousin. “Rucker family ...
Hegseth says Fort Bragg is coming back, but with a twist
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth signed a memo that orders the Army to rename Fort Liberty back to Fort Bragg, this time in honor of a different soldier.
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Fort Liberty now Fort Bragg. What's the history behind the name and Hegseth's decision?
Later that day, Hegseth announced that Fort Liberty’s name would be changed back to Fort Bragg – in honor of a World War II hero, not the Confederate general who had been its namesake.
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Defense Secretary Hegseth brings back Fort Bragg name, with a different namesake
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is bringing the name Bragg back to one of the Army’s largest bases, Fort Liberty, which replaced the namesake of a Confederate general in 2023. But in a ...