Fort Liberty may become Fort Bragg again, but named after a different soldier
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Hegseth signed a February 10, 2025 memorandum changing Fort Liberty to Fort Bragg. The department identified the new honoree as World War II paratrooper Roland L. Bragg, not Confederate general Braxton Bragg.
Article opening, former Confederate honoree and new WWII honoree; use article text, not the photo caption's mistyped yearHegseth reverses Fort Liberty's name change, restoring Bragg with a different honoree · Renaming directed by memorandum