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Fort Bragg, Army and Pete Hegseth

Hegseth orders US Army to restore name of Fort Bragg

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday renamed the Army base Fort Liberty back to its original name of Fort Bragg, according to a Department of Defense statement, undoing a 2023 name change driven by racial justice protests.

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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 will be named for a World War II private, Roland Bragg.

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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. Bragg, a World War II hero.

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Descendant of Fort Rucker Confederate namesake: ‘We don’t want our name back on an Alabama base’

Military bases should not be named "for traitors to our country but instead honor American heroes like Novosel," she wrote ...

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Military timeline of installation first known as Camp Bragg

The U.S. Army established Camp Bragg in 1918 as an artillery training ground that was part of the rapid expansion of the United States military for World War I. It was named after Confederate Gen.

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