Lake will honor Pfc. Roland Bragg through one of its many programs that recognizes the town's military connections.
The name was changed from Fort Bragg in 2023, but Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth signed an order Monday, Feb. 10, 2024, changing it back, in honor of World War II veteran Roland L. Bragg of Maine.
FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) — The short-lived existence of Fort Liberty came to an end Friday when the nation’s largest Army installation officially returned to its former name: Fort Bragg.
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Rebecca Amirpour and Jennifer Bell, Roland Bragg's granddaughters, are plenty proud of their grandpa. Though Amirpour initially thought the name change "was a joke," she feels like "using our ...
Two letter-writers say Fort Bragg should not have been changed from its original name. The base was renamed Fort Liberty in June 2023, after Congress passed a law barring names of Confederate figures ...
Georgia's Fort Moore is being renamed after Fred Benning, a modest World War I hero from Nebraska who avoided discussing his service. Now he's in the limelight, posthumously.
FORT BRAGG, N.C. — Last month, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth signed a memorandum directing that Fort Liberty, North Carolina, be renamed as Fort Bragg. Today, that order was implemented.
But last month 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 ...