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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 Bragg Garrison Commander Col. Scott Pence speaks at Fayetteville's Veterans Day ceremony at Segra Stadium on Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2021.
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 ...
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 Liberty, formerly Fort Bragg, officially renamed on June 2, 2023, in commemoration of the American value of Liberty. (As the only recommendation of a non-person name, this choice has attracted both criticism [ 63 ] and praise [ 64 ] in nearby Fayetteville, North Carolina .) [ 65 ]
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Then Brigadier General Yarborough meeting with President John F. Kennedy at Ft Bragg, October 12, 1961. Bust of Brigadier General Yarborough. In January 1961, he was appointed commander/commandant of the US Army Special Warfare Center/School for Special Warfare at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Remaining until 1965, he was instrumental in the ...