Fort Bragg renamed Fort Liberty in Army's Confederate name change

Fort Bragg has been officially renamed Fort Liberty in a ceremony that some veterans said was a small but important step in making the U.S. Army more welcoming to current and prospective Black service members. The change was part of a broad Department of Defense initiative, motivated by the 2020 George Floyd protests, to rename military installations that had been named after Confederate soldiers. The cost to rename Fort Bragg will total about $8 million, and most front-facing signage has been changed but the process is ongoing.