DEFENSE SECRETARY AUSTIN ORDERS RENAMING OF MILITARY BASES WITH CONFEDERATE TIESMilitary base name recommendations graphic. (U.S. Department of Defense)The commission’s recommendations came in three parts, Part I was U.S. Army bases. Nine bases will face name changes including Fort Bragg, North Carolina, which was named after Braxton Bragg, a slave owning Confederate general known for his bad temper. Fort Bragg was named in 1918 during the Jim Crow era. Fort Bragg has been home to the U.S. military's elite special forces and Airborne units and will now be known as Fort Liberty in commemoration of the American value of Liberty.

Source: Fox News January 10, 2023 21:33 UTC