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Fort Bragg drops Confederate namesake for Fort Liberty, part of US Army base rebranding

Fort Bragg, one of the largest military installations in the world, has been redesignated as Fort Liberty, as part of a broader effort to rename military bases that had been named after Confederate soldiers.
Fort Liberty is the only facility named after a value, rather than a notable person, and several streets on the base will be renamed after service members.
The cost to rename Fort Bragg is estimated to be around $8 million, and the renaming process is ongoing for other military installations.

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The Guardian

Fort Bragg to drop its Confederate namesake to become Fort Liberty

Change is part of broad Department of Defense initiative, which includes renaming numerous installationsFort Bragg shed its Confederate namesake on Friday to become Fort Liberty, in a ceremony some veterans said was a small but important step in making the US Army more welcoming to current and prospective Black service members.The change was part of a broad Department of Defense initiative, motivated by the 2020 protests over the murder of Georg…

4 months ago·London, United Kingdom

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CTV News

Fort Bragg becomes Fort Liberty in Army's most prominent move to erase Confederate names from bases

Fort Bragg shed its Confederate namesake Friday to become Fort Liberty in a ceremony some veterans said was a small but important step in making the U.S. Army more welcoming to current and prospective Black service members.

4 months ago

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USA Today

US Army's Fort Bragg renamed Fort Liberty

Fort Bragg sheds its Confederate namesake to become Fort Liberty; some veterans say it is an important step in making the U.S. Army more welcoming to current and prospective Black service members.

4 months ago·United States

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abc News

Fort Bragg to drop Confederate namesake for Fort Liberty, part of US Army base rebranding

Fort Bragg is shedding its Confederate namesake to become Fort Liberty in a ceremony some veterans view as a small but important step in making the U.S. Army more welcoming to Black service members

4 months ago·United States

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CNN

US Army renames Fort Bragg as Fort Liberty

North Carolina’s Fort Bragg is now Fort Liberty, as the US Army on Friday redesignated one of the largest military installations in the world.

4 months ago·Atlanta, United States

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Washington Times

‘To me, it’s still going to be Fort Bragg’: Name change for iconic Army base touches a nerve

What's in a name? For many who served at Fort Bragg, set to be renamed "Fort Liberty" on Friday, the legendary Army installation is the central gravitational force around which their military careers and even their families have revolved.

4 months ago·United States

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