Fort Bragg, North Carolina, is returned to its former name without the Confederate namesake, as the Pentagon honored WWII Pvt. Roland Bragg of Maine.

By Chris Cameron Reporting from Fort Bragg, N.C. The sprawling Army base in North Carolina had long been named for Braxton Bragg, an incompetent Confederate general who owned enslaved people.

THAT HAS BEEN OUR FOCUS FOREVER FOR ALMOST 101 YEARS, THIS ARMY BASE WAS CALLED FORT BRAGG, NAMED AFTER CONFEDERATE GENERAL BRAXTON BRAGG. HE WAS A SLAVE OWNER WHO ALSO LOST CRITICAL BATTLES ...

In an era of contention over race, gender, colonialism and the treatment of Indigenous peoples, figures on both the left and ...

Christened a century ago in honor of Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg, the post in North Carolina was renamed in 2023 amid a drive to remove symbols of the Confederacy from public spaces.

The name change honors Pfc. Roland L. Bragg, not Braxton Bragg, a Confederate general. The change was directed by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and supported by Fort Bragg's congressional ...

Roland L. Bragg. It was officially named in honor of Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg. The North Carolina Army installation, one of the largest military installations in the world, is officially ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth signed an order reinstating the Bragg name, only this time it will honor Army Pfc. Roland L. Bragg, a World War II paratrooper and Silver Star recipient ...

Fort Bragg was established after World War I as Camp Bragg in 1918 and was named in honor of Braxton Bragg, an artillery officer who served in the Mexican-American War and later served as a ...

Less than two years after the Army officially changed Fort Bragg — then named for Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg who was a slave owner and failed military tactician who struggled to relate to ...