Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth signed an order Monday restoring the name of a storied special operations forces base back to Fort Bragg. The North Carolina base was renamed Fort Liberty in 2023 as part of a national effort under the Biden administration to remove names that honored Confederate leaders.

Fort Liberty will revert to its previous name, Fort Bragg, now honoring WWII hero Pfc. Roland L. Bragg instead of Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg. The 2023 renaming was part of a national effort to remove Confederate-linked names, but the change never fully took hold.

World War II Pfc. Roland L. Bragg lived in Maine until his 1999 death and is remembered as a hero. He replaces the fort's original namesake, Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg.