Bragg to Liberty and Back Again: Ceremony to Rechristen Army Post Once Named for a Confederate
Christened a century ago in honor of Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg, the post in North Carolina was renamed in 2023 amid a ...
United States Army1d
Forged by fire, the reinvention and modernization of the U.S. Army in the Civil War.
For 250 years, the US Army has adapted as a living organization composed of operating units and institutional organizations ...
Trump’s move to restore old Army base names highlights Nebraska man’s heroics at 18 in World War I
Fort Benning’s name honored a Confederate general who supported slavery for more than a century. The military changed the ...
The New York Times5d
Fort Liberty Renamed Fort Bragg, Fulfilling a Trump Campaign Promise
By Chris Cameron Reporting from Fort Bragg, N.C. The sprawling Army base in North Carolina had long been named for Braxton Bragg, an incompetent Confederate general who owned enslaved people.
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Bragg to Liberty and back again: Ceremony to rechristen Army post once named for a Confederate
The short-lived existence of Fort Liberty came to an end Friday when the nation's largest Army installation officially returned to its former name: Fort Bragg. Christened a century ago in honor of ...
Houston Chronicle4d
Bragg to Liberty and back again: Ceremony to rechristen Army post once named for a Confederate
Bragg is back.” It took an act of Congress — overriding Trump’s 2020 veto — to remove Confederate names from military installations, including nine Army facilities. Although several ...