Defense Secretary Pete Hegses signed a memorandum of understanding on Monday to rename Fort Bragg Fort Monday Fort Liberty in North Carolina.
“That's right. Bragg is back,” Heggs said. Videos posted on x After signing the memo, he signed a military transport plane heading for Germany.
However, the new name does not respect Confederate generals. The Army Base was previously named.
“The new name pays homage to the PFC, said in a statement.
“The change underscores the installation's legacy of recognizing those who have shown extraordinary service and sacrifice for the nation,” he added.
The North Carolina base was named in 1918 for General Braxton Bragg, a Confederate general from Warrenton, North Carolina.
It was one of several military bases named after Confederate figures during World War I and World War II. Nina Silver, historian at Boston University.
The base was to change the name of a military facility named after Confederate soldiers in June 2023 as part of the Biden administration Pentagon initiative motivated by the 2020 George Floyd protests. In June 2020, I took the name Fort Liberty.
North Carolina's military facilities were the only bases renamed using a moniker that did not honor people.
The cost of renaming Fort Bragg (one of the world's largest military facilities by population) was around $8 million.
President Trump vowed to rename Fort Bragg for the 2024 campaign trail if elected.
“We won two World Wars from Fort Bragg, right?” Trump said at an October rally in Fayetteville, North Carolina.
“We're going to get it back. We're going to get our country back,” he vowed.
The base is home to the Army's 82nd Airborne Division and serves as the headquarters for the Army's Special Operations Command.
Hegseth's memo directed the Army to present to the Secretary of Defense to acquire and maintain a timeline for implementing a name change and a list of additional resources required.
