Hegseth Reinstates Confederate Name Of Army Base

The New York Times reports:

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Monday that he is renaming Fort Liberty, whose previous name honoring the Confederate general Braxton Bragg was changed in 2023 as part of a wider effort to eliminate military honors bestowed on individuals who rebelled against the Union during the Civil War.

The move returns the Army base in North Carolina to being called Fort Bragg, but the name will now honor an enlisted Army soldier named Roland L. Bragg, who according to a Pentagon statement was awarded a Silver Star and the Purple Heart for combat during World War II.

The Pentagon statement offered no further biographical information about Pfc. Bragg, but a Military Times website that collects historical information on valor awards, shows that a Roland L. Bragg earned a Silver Star while serving with the 17th Airborne Division during World War II. The site did not have a photo of Pfc. Bragg or the citation that would offer the reasons he received that award.

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Bragg is back! I just signed a memorandum reversing the naming of Fort Liberty back to Fort Bragg. pic.twitter.com/EGgZNHK72x

— Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth (@SecDef) February 11, 2025