Fort Bragg becomes Fort Liberty in Army's most prominent move to erase Confederate names from bases
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Fort Bragg shed its Confederate namesake to become Fort Liberty — a change some veterans view as a small but important step in making the U.S. Army more welcoming to Black service members.
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After more than a century as Fort Bragg, the Army's largest base by population becomes Fort Liberty Friday. Bragg is among nine army bases that are dropping the names of Confederate leaders.
Fort Bragg shed its Confederate namesake Friday to become Fort Liberty in a ceremony some veterans said was a small but important step in making the U.S. Army more welcoming to current and prospective Black service members.
Fort Bragg shed its Confederate namesake to become Fort Liberty — a change some veterans view as a small but important step in making the U.S. Army more welcoming to Black service members.
Fort Bragg was originally named in 1918 for Gen. Braxton Bragg, a Confederate general who was known for owning slaves and losing key Civil War battles.
Fort Bragg, North Carolina, was redesignated as Fort Liberty on Friday, marking it as the only major Army base not having a namesake honoring a significant figure in the force's history.
Fort Bragg shed its Confederate namesake Friday to become Fort Liberty in a ceremony some veterans said was a small but important step in making the US Army more welcoming to current and prospective Black service members.
By Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — North Carolina’s Fort Bragg will become Fort Liberty, with the US Army on Friday set to redesignate one of the largest military installations in the world. The change follows a branch-wide push to rename bases that bear the name of Confederate leaders.
Motivated by the 2020 George Floyd protests, military installation Fort Bragg in North Carolina is stripping its Confederate name to become Fort Liberty in a ceremony Friday.
Fort Bragg is shedding its Confederate namesake to become Fort Liberty in a ceremony some veterans view as a small but important step in making the U.S. Army more welcoming to Black service members.
The change at the North Carolina base is part of a broad Department of Defense initiative to rename military installations bearing the name of Confederate soldiers.
FORT LIBERTY, N.C. >> Fort Bragg shed its Confederate namesake today to become Fort Liberty in a ceremony 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 switch to Fort Liberty part of a broad Pentagon initiative, motivated by the 2020 George Floyd protests, to rename military installations that bear names of Confederate soldiers.
By Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — North 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 renaming was formalized in a ceremony on Friday morning.
Fort Bragg shed its Confederate namesake Friday to become Fort Liberty in a ceremony some veterans view as a small but important step in making the U.S. Army more welcoming to Black service members.
The Army's Fort Bragg became Fort Liberty on Friday as the Army rounds the corner on an undertaking to scrub names that appear to commemorate the Confederacy.
