The Army's Fort Bragg in North Carolina shed its Confederate namesake in a Friday ceremony to become Fort Liberty.
Lt. Gen. Christopher T. Donahue, right, takes part of the Casing of the Colors during a ceremony to rename Fort Bragg on Friday, June 2, 2023 in Fort Bragg, N.C. The U.S. Army changed Fort Bragg to Fort Liberty as part of a broader initiative to remove Confederate names from bases.
The Black Lives Matter demonstrations that erupted nationwide after Floyd’s killing by a white police officer, coupled with ongoing efforts to remove Confederate monuments, turned the spotlight on the Army installations. A naming commission created by Congress visited the bases and met with members of the surrounding communities for input.
The cost to rename Fort Bragg — one of the largest military installations in the world by population — will total about $6.37 million, according to a commission report. Several military bases were named after Confederate soldiers during World War I and World War II as part of a “demonstration of reconciliation” with white southerners amid a broader effort to rally the nation to fight as one, said Nina Silber, a historian at Boston University.
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