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Camp Bragg was established in 1918 as an artillery training ground. The Chief of Field Artillery, General William J. Snow, was seeking an area having suitable terrain, adequate water, rail facilities, and a climate suitable for year-round training, and he decided that the area now known as Fort Liberty met all of the desired criteria. [5]
Fort Bragg Garrison Commander Col. Scott Pence speaks at Fayetteville's Veterans Day ceremony at Segra Stadium on Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2021.
Former President Trump on Friday vowed to revert North Carolina’s Fort Liberty back to Fort Bragg if he’s elected this fall, a little over a year after the military installation was ...
Fort Benning (1917), near Columbus, Georgia, named for Confederate General Henry L. Benning, was redesignated Fort Moore on 11 May 2023 in honor of General Hal Moore and his wife Julia Compton Moore [13] Fort Bragg (1918), in North Carolina, named for Confederate General Braxton Bragg, was redesignated Fort Liberty on 2 June 2023 in honor of ...
Last year, a commission created by Congress recommended new names for nine bases that honored Confederate officers, after the nationwide protests following the 2020 police killing of George Floyd ...
The Womack Ambulatory Patient Care Annex opened in March 1974. On October 1, 1991, Womack changed its name to Womack Army Medical Center, Fort Bragg. One year later, on September 3, 1992, officials broke ground for a new Womack. On March 9, 2000, the new Womack Army Medical Center opened for $400 million.
Fort Liberty’s name was changed from Fort Bragg on June 2, 2023, as part of the Biden administration’s effort to rename military installations named after Confederate officers.
The fort was renamed in 1935 at the request of Congressman Howard W. Smith (D-VA), an "avowed white supremacist". [51] In March 2022, the commission determined that the fort did not meet the criteria provided in the 2021 NDAA but recommends that the DoD conduct its own naming review of the post. [33]