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Descendant of Fort Rucker Confederate namesake: ‘We don’t want our name back on an Alabama base’

Military bases should not be named "for traitors to our country but instead honor American heroes like Novosel," she wrote previously.

HuffPost · 21h

Hegseth Renames Military Base 'Fort Bragg,' But Not After Confederate General

Speaking to reporters in Germany, Hegseth hinted at a wholesale reversal of the broader Biden administration effort in 2023 to remove names that honored Confederate leaders, including nine Army bases.

BBC · 1d

Hegseth orders Fort Liberty be renamed Fort Bragg

The Pentagon says the base will commemorate a World War Two veteran instead of the Confederate general it was originally named after.

UPI News on MSN · 1d

Hegseth restores Fort Liberty's name back to Fort Bragg to honor WWII hero

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday signed an order to rename Fort Liberty in North Carolina back to its original Fort Bragg. But this time Bragg will honor a World War II hero instead of a Confederate general.

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In reinstating the name of Fort Bragg, the Army hopes to skirt a ban on Confederate namesakes

The base, known as Fort Liberty since 2023, originally was named for Confederate General Braxton Bragg. The Army says it now ...

Smithsonian Magazine on MSN6d

After Confederate Forces Captured Their Children, These Black Mothers Fought to Reunite Their Families

During the Civil War, Confederates targeted free Black people in the North, kidnapping them to sell into slavery. After the ...

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Pete Hegseth renames military base after racist Confederate general: "Bragg is back!"

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth signed an order reinstating the name of one of the country's largest military bases back to ...

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Fort Liberty renamed to Fort Bragg, but without Confederate ties

President Donald Trump's new Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, signed an order on Monday, changing the name of America's ...

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Fort Liberty now Fort Bragg. What's the history behind the name and Hegseth's decision?

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth had referred to Fort Benning and Fort Bragg by their original, Confederate-inspired names.

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Defense Secretary Hegseth brings back Fort Bragg name, with a different namesake

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is bringing the name Bragg back to one of the Army’s largest bases, Fort Liberty, which ...

What is Cold Harbor on Severance? It could be tied to this major Civil War battle

The Battle of Cold Harbor was the Confederacy’s last major Civil War victory. Does it offer any insight into the mysterious ...

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Ft. Liberty is now Ft. Bragg. What's the history behind the name and Hegseth's decision?

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth had referred to Fort Benning and Fort Bragg by their original, Confederate-inspired names.

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Pete Hegseth says US military bases should restore names of Confederate generals

the only Civil War general from North Carolina. Trump has been adamant in his opposition to renaming bases honoring Confederate leaders. “I have been clear in my opposition to politically ...

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