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Descendant of Fort Rucker Confederate namesake

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 previously.

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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.

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 ...

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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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A New Kind of Defense Secretary Saves His Ammunition for Domestic Enemies

Pete Hegseth has spent much of his first weeks in office focused on culture wars while saying little about America’s ...

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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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