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Fort Bragg, Army and Pete Hegseth

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 named after Confederacy officials and generals.

Reuters · 23h

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.

The Washington Post · 10h

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 soldier 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 previously.

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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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