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A California Historical Landmark, [11] Fort Bragg was founded in 1857 prior to the American Civil War as a military garrison rather than a fortification. [13] It was named after army officer Braxton Bragg , who at the time had served the U.S. in the Mexican–American War (and would later serve in the Confederate Army during the Civil War).
910, 472. FIPS code. 37-24260 [1] Fort Liberty, formerly Fort Bragg, is a military installation of the United States Army in North Carolina, and is one of the largest military installations in the world by population, with over 52,000 military personnel. [2]
United States Army Fort Bragg [3] [4] Camp Bragg: Fort Bragg: Mendocino: Summer 1857: 1864: United States Army Camp Burlington [5] Camp Burlington-Humboldt Camp Stephens Grove Camp Dyerville: near Dyerville on the Eel River: Humboldt: 1933: 1942: Civilian Conservation Corps: Camp Cap Eele: Drum Barracks Camp Drum: Wilmington: Los Angeles: 1861: ...
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 ...
While the base's namesake, Confederate General Braxton Bragg, was less than inspiring, the word, Bragg, came to be synonymous with the spirit of the Special Forces and airborne communities. For ...
The 82nd Airborne Division War Memorial Museum is a museum located at Ardennes and Gela Streets on Fort Liberty (formerly Fort Bragg) Army base. Established in 1945, the museum chronicles the history of the 82nd Airborne Division from 1917 to the present including World War I, World War II, Vietnam War, and Persian Gulf Wars as well as campaigns in Grenada, Panama, Operation Golden Pheasant ...