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Defense Secretary Nominee Pete Hegseth Calls For Military Bases To Restore Names Of Confederate Generals: 'Legacy Matters'

The Senate is scheduled to begin hearings on his nomination on Tuesday and could face questioning on his base naming stance.

International Business Times

Trump Vows To Rename US Military Base After Confederate General Who Owned Black Slaves

'We're going to bring our country back,' Trump boasts of changing North Carolina's Fort Liberty to again honor slave-owner Braxton Bragg, who lost key Civil War battles.

International Business Times

Trump Vows To Rename Fort Liberty To Fort Bragg

Former President Trump plans to rename Fort Liberty back to Fort Bragg if re-elected, following the US Army's renaming initiative.

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Right-wing fake history is nothing new

We're a Christian nation! The Civil War wasn't about slavery! Fighting Hitler was a mistake! The lies run deep

Salon

Editorial: Despite vows to reverse them, changing base names has noble purpose

Those who hope to become president of the United States should not play politics with the renaming of Army bases.

Tribune News Service

Restoring the Name of Fort Bragg is Nothing to Brag About

Ron DeSantis and Mike Pence are wrong to advocate naming a US Army base after an incompetent Confederate general who betrayed the United States to fight for slavery.

Reason

Editorial: Here’s why Gov. DeSantis is wrong. Fort Bragg needed a new name

Braxton Bragg was a slave-owning racist and failed military leader, sometimes described as the worst general of the Civil War. The question should be, why would anyone name a military base after him in the first place? Nevertheless, Gov. Ron DeSantis is defending him.

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DeSantis pledges to restore name of notorious Confederate general Braxton Bragg to Fort Liberty

‘It’s an iconic name and iconic base’

The Independent UK

Fort Liberty: US army base Fort Bragg drops Confederate namesake

Change comes as US continues to grapple with prevalence of statues and sites honouring members of Confederacy.

Al Jazeera

Fort Bragg drops Confederate namesake for Fort Liberty, part of US Army base rebranding

Fort Bragg shed its Confederate namesake Friday to become Fort Liberty in a ceremony some veterans view as a small but important step in making the U.S. Army more welcoming to Black service members

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