Fort Bragg was forced to rebrand as “Fort Liberty” in 2023 as part of a Department of Defense initiative, but the new Defense Secretary is bringing the old name back with a new twist.
Following the George Floyd protests of 2020, the Defense Department aimed to rename any military installations that had been used to commemorate Confederate soldiers. Fort Bragg was named after Gen. Braxton Bragg, a General of the Confederate Army who is arguably most famous for owning slaves. He is also blamed for losing a number of vital battles during the Civil War that eventually resulted in the Southern Army’s downfall.
Conservatives were displeased with the name change to “Fort Liberty” and viewed it as government-sanctioned cancel culture, but Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is making moves to bring the name back. Instead of honoring the Confederate general, he opted to pay tribute to World War II hero Pfc. Roland L. Bragg, who was awarded both a Silver Star and a Purple Heart for his courageous actions during the Battle of the Bulge.
Bragg is back! I just signed a memorandum reversing the naming of Fort Liberty back to Fort Bragg. pic.twitter.com/EGgZNHK72x
— Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth (@SecDef) February 11, 2025
“Bragg is back!” he said excitedly in an X post. “I just signed a memorandum reversing the naming of Fort Liberty back to Fort Bragg.”
“During these hellish conditions and amidst ferocious fighting, PFC. Bragg saved a fellow soldier’s life by commandeering an enemy ambulance and driving it 20 miles to transport a fellow wounded warrior to an allied hospital in Belgium,” a memo on the topic reads. “The directive honors the personal courage and selfless service of all those who have trained to fight and win our nation’s wars, including PFC. Bragg, and is in keeping with the installation’s esteemed and storied history.”
Other military installations that received name changes include Army infantry school Fort Benning, which is now Fort Moore after Vietnam commander Lt. Gen. Hal Moore, and Fort Hood, which was rebranded to Fort Cavazos after Gen. Richard Edward Cavazos, a four-star general who fought in Korea and Vietnam.
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Sierra Marlee is a millennial whose hunger for the truth in a world of fake news has led her to write. Marlee also contributes to BizPac Review.
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