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In reinstating the name of Fort Bragg, the Army hopes to skirt a ban on Confederate namesakes
The base, known as Fort Liberty since 2023, originally was named for Confederate General Braxton Bragg. The Army says it now ...
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 ...
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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After Confederate Forces Captured Their Children, These Black Mothers Fought to Reunite Their Families
During the Civil War, Confederates targeted free Black people in the North, kidnapping them to sell into slavery. After the ...
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 ...
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.
Army considering changing name of Fort Liberty back to Fort Bragg
The Army is exploring legal ways to change the base’s name without violating the law that bans the use of confederate names, ...
Fort Liberty will be Fort Bragg again. But there’s a twist to the controversial name
Bragg is back,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said after signing a memorandum on the name change Monday night.
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Army considering changing name of Fort Liberty back to Fort Bragg
In 2021, Congress established a commission tasked with renaming Department of Defense properties that were named after Confederate ... to the U.S. Army Special Operations Command, Joint Special ...