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Bragg to Liberty and Back Again: Ceremony to Rechristen Army Post Once Named for a Confederate

In this Jan. 4, 2020, file photo a sign for Fort Bragg, N.C., is shown.

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — The short-lived existence of Fort Liberty is set to an end Friday when the nation’s largest Army installation officially returns to its former name: Fort Bragg. 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 […]