While Braxton Bragg was a North Carolina native, Roland Bragg, of Nobleboro, Maine, had no known connection to the state or the post. The Army said in 2023 that changing the name to Fort Liberty ...

The reversion of Fort Liberty to Fort Bragg is part of a larger effort by Mr. Trump — through Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth — to purge the military of top officers, diversity initiatives ...

FORT BRAGG, CA — On Tuesday, February 25, 2025, the Fort Bragg City Council, ... In 2009, the City of Fort Bragg, given a grant by the State Coastal Conservancy, purchased 35 acres of mill site land ...

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (WTVD) -- Fort Bragg officials announced on Tuesday the date for the official redesignation ceremony of Fort Liberty to Fort Bragg in honor of Pfc. Roland L. Bragg. The ...

Fort Bragg is one of nine major Army bases that initially bore the names of Confederate leaders. Their names were changed in 2022 and 2023.

Fort Bragg officially became Fort Liberty during a ceremony in June 2023. The Naming Commission estimated that changing the name of Fort Bragg to Fort Liberty would initially cost over $6 million ...

Fort Bragg officially became Fort Liberty during a ceremony in June 2023. The Naming Commission estimated that changing the name of Fort Bragg to Fort Liberty would initially cost over $6 million ...

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.

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.

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.

Army officials are considering changing the name of Fort Liberty in North Carolina back to Fort Bragg, according to two people familiar with the conversations. In 2021, Congress established a ...