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military2 years ago

Fort Bragg renamed Fort Liberty, completing Confederate base name purge

Fort Bragg, one of the largest military installations in the world, has been renamed Fort Liberty as part of a broader initiative to remove Confederate names from bases. The change was motivated by the 2020 George Floyd protests and is aimed at making the U.S. Army more welcoming to current and prospective Black service members. While other bases are being renamed for Black soldiers, U.S. presidents, and trailblazing women, the North Carolina military installation is the only one not renamed after a person. The cost to rename Fort Bragg will total about $8 million.

via KSL.com|
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military2 years ago

Fort Bragg Renamed Fort Liberty in Symbolic Move to Erase Confederate Legacy

Fort Bragg, one of the largest military bases in the US, has been renamed Fort Liberty as part of a congressionally mandated plan to rename military bases, ships, and streets that previously honored Confederate leaders. The plan is the culmination of a years-long effort that intensified in 2020, after the murder of George Floyd and the reckoning it brought over the nation’s history of racism. The other eight Army bases selected to be renamed are Fort Benning and Fort Gordon in Georgia; Fort A.P. Hill, Fort Lee, and Fort Pickett in Virginia; Fort Polk in Louisiana; Fort Rucker in Alabama; and Fort Hood in Texas.

via The Washington Post|
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politics2 years ago

Fort Bragg renamed Fort Liberty in move to erase Confederate ties

Fort Bragg, the U.S. Army base in North Carolina, has been renamed Fort Liberty as part of a broader effort to rechristen bases named for Confederate officers. Last year, a commission created by Congress recommended new names for nine bases that honored Confederate officers. The North Carolina base was originally named for General Braxton Bragg, who served in the Confederate Army during the 19th-century U.S. Civil War. It houses the Airborne and Special Operations Forces and is home to 53,700 troops, according to its website.

via Reuters|
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military2 years ago

Fort Bragg Renamed Fort Liberty, Purge of Confederate Names Complete

Fort Bragg, North Carolina, has been renamed Fort Liberty, making it the only major Army base without a namesake honoring a significant figure in the force's history. The move is part of the Defense Department's ongoing effort to scrub namesakes honoring Confederate rebels who took up arms against the U.S. during the Civil War. Fort Liberty is one of nine Army bases being renamed, and the ceremony there Friday means the effort is more than halfway complete. The base is home to the service's 82nd Airborne Division, Special Forces, and Delta Force.

via Military.com|
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military2 years ago

Fort Bragg renamed Fort Liberty in move to erase Confederate names from bases.

North Carolina's Fort Bragg has been renamed Fort Liberty as part of a national campaign to change the names of nine U.S. Army installations that commemorate the Confederate States of America. The renaming ceremony was held on Friday and was inspired by the theme of liberty. The base was previously named after Confederate Army Gen. Braxton Bragg. The renaming of Fort Bragg is part of a broader initiative to remove Confederate names from bases.

via ABC News|
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military2 years ago

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.

via ArmyTimes.com|
#black-service-members#confederate-namesake#fort-bragg
politics2 years ago

Fort Bragg renamed Fort Liberty in US Army base rebranding.

Fort Bragg, one of the largest military installations in the world, has been renamed Fort Liberty as part of a Department of Defense initiative to rename military installations that had been named after Confederate soldiers. The renaming ceremony was seen as a small but important step in making the US Army more welcoming to current and prospective Black service members. The cost to rename Fort Bragg will total about $6.37 million, and the next installation to change its name will be Fort Polk in Louisiana.

via The Associated Press|
#confederate#fort-bragg#fort-liberty
us2 years ago

Fort Bragg renamed Fort Liberty in US Army base rebranding.

Fort Bragg in North Carolina has been renamed Fort Liberty, shedding its Confederate namesake as part of a Department of Defense initiative to rename military installations bearing the name of Confederate soldiers. The renaming ceremony is seen as a small but important step in making the U.S. Army more welcoming to current and prospective Black service members. The cost to rename Fort Bragg will total about $6.37 million, and the next installation to change its name will be Fort Polk in Louisiana, which will be renamed Fort Johnson.

via CBS News|
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military2 years ago

"Army Progresses in Renaming Bases, Fort Bragg Becomes Fort Liberty"

The US Army has renamed its largest base, Fort Hood, as Fort Cavazos, and Fort Lee as Fort Gregg-Adams, among others, as part of its plan to remove Confederate Army namesakes from nine bases. The renaming of Fort Liberty marks the halfway point of the effort, with three bases remaining. The new namesakes include Black Medal of Honor awardee Sgt. William Johnson and Hal Moore and his wife Julia, who led troops in Vietnam and formed support groups for the wives of those killed in action. The renaming effort was initially controversial but was established by Congress in 2021 after protests about police killings of unarmed Black people.

via Defense One|
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