Fort Liberty, previously known as Fort Bragg, was renamed in 2022 as part of a sweeping Army push to change the names of installations honoring Confederate soldiers. Politico Logo Open main menu ...

FORT BRAGG, N.C. — The short-lived existence of Fort Liberty came to an end Friday when the nation’s largest Army installation officially returned to its former name: Fort Bragg. Christened a ...

RALEIGH, N.C. — Is it an honor or a cynical end run? When it comes to the former — and apparently future — Fort Bragg, that’s in the eye of the beholder. North Carolina state Rep. John ...

Fort Liberty is Fort Bragg again, as ordered by U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth in a memo Monday. But instead of being ...

The Trump administration is reversing the name change to Fort Bragg by honoring a different soldier. It’s what UNC-Chapel Hill did with Kenan Memorial Stadium.

The base was renamed Fort Liberty in 2023 to disassociate from Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg. It’s now named after Roland L. Bragg, a World War II hero.

The Fort Liberty sign is displayed outside the former Fort Bragg base on Friday, June 2, 2023 in North Carolina. It might be getting its old name back. (AP Photo/Karl B DeBlaker, file) AP ...

Later that day, Hegseth announced that Fort Liberty’s name would be changed back to Fort Bragg – in honor of a World War II hero, not the Confederate general who had been its namesake.

Fort Bragg, one of the largest military bases in the world, is home to the Army’s 18th Airborne Corps, the 82nd Airborne Division and the U.S. Army Special Operations Command.

Topline. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday announced Fort Liberty will be renamed again to Fort Bragg—the base’s previous name, which was changed in 2023 as a part of a wider Pentagon ...