Fort Bragg to drop Confederate namesake for Fort Liberty, part of US Army base rebranding – KXAN Austin
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on June 2, 2023
HANNAH SCHOENBAUM, Associated Press
27 mins ago
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Fort Bragg will shed its Confederate namesake to become Fort Liberty in a Friday ceremony that some veterans view as a small but important step in making the U.S. Army more welcoming to current and prospective Black service members.
The change is part of a broad Department of Defense initiative, motivated by the 2020 George Floyd protests, to rename military installations bearing the name of confederate soldiers.
The Black Lives Matter demonstrations that erupted nationwide after Floyd’s killing . . .
