President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth have both criticized a 2021 law that banned the naming of military bases after confederate generals.

Summary

Army officials are exploring ways to rename Fort Liberty back to Fort Bragg without violating laws prohibiting Confederate names.

Fort Bragg, originally named after Confederate General Braxton Bragg, was changed in 2023 following a congressional mandate. Trump vowed to reverse the change, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has fueled speculation.

One option under consideration is renaming it after another soldier named Bragg.

Costs for the initial renaming exceeded $6 million.

  • NatakuNox@lemmy.world
    11·
    2 days ago

    Can’t have people thinking something like “liberty” is actually achievable. Better to have slave owning, anti equality, morally dubious, women raping, and pro oligarchy symbols on military institutions so people know what’s coming.

    • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      2 days ago

      Given how these asshats have tried to appropriate terms like liberty (and freedom, and patriotism, and liberalism, and on and on) you’d think they would be okay with it called “Fort Liberty”.

      I mean, look at “Liberty University” - that place is in no way interested in liberty in any meaning of the term that normal people understand liberty to mean.