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DeSantis pledges to restore name of notorious Confederate general Braxton Bragg to Fort Liberty
The Independent via Yahoo News· 11 months agoFlorida Governor Ron DeSantis pledged to restore the name of a military fort to the name of a...
US moves to rename Army bases honoring Confederate generals who fought to defend slavery
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 years agoNamed after Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg, Fort Bragg, outside Fayetteville, N.C., is one of the...
'A knife fight in a dark room': Why this Civil War site is being preserved at Fort Bragg
The Fayetteville Observer via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFORT BRAGG — Fort Bragg will undergo a name change later this year as part of a congressional...
From Fort Bragg to Fort Liberty: Renaming to cost more than $6 million
The Fayetteville Observer via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFORT BRAGG — The cost to rename Fort Bragg to Fort Liberty will be about $6.37 million, according to...
Here’s why Gov. DeSantis is wrong. Fort Bragg needed a new name. | Editorial
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla. via Yahoo News· 11 months agoBraxton Bragg was a slave-owning racist and failed military leader, sometimes described as the worst general of the Civil War. The question should be, why would anyone name a military base after ...
At Last, The U.S. Military Won't Have Bases Named After Confederates
Time via Yahoo News· 2 years agoU.S. Army (retired) General Lloyd Austin speaks after being formally nominated to be Secretary of...
These bases were named after Confederates, now titles may be ditched. Here's what vets say
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAs a young military service member, Richard Kingsberry said he wasn’t aware that two of the bases...
US Army renames Fort Bragg as Fort Liberty
CNN via Yahoo News· 11 months agoNorth Carolina’s Fort Bragg is now Fort Liberty, as the US Army on Friday redesignated one of the largest military installations in the world. The...
4 Very good reasons why naming a military base after John Bell Hood was a bad idea
WE ARE THE MIGHTY via Yahoo News· 8 months agoPhoto by Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via Getty Images. There are a lot of people out there who...
Fort Liberty removes last Confederate commemoration on post
The Fayetteville Observer via Yahoo News· 4 months agoFORT LIBERTY — Fort Liberty completed its redesignation this month by renaming its final road and...