Source: USA Today
“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 base, among the world’s largest military installations, had been renamed Fort Liberty as part of an effort to rechristen bases named for Confederate officers. … Hegseth sidestepped Congress'[s] provision banning Confederate names by officially renaming Fort Bragg after Private First Class Roland Bragg, who ‘served with great distinction during World War II,’ according to the memo ordering the name change.” (02/11/25)